The attempt to reverse the conviction of a couple who were imprisoned for keeping a “exceptionally thin” infant boy in deplorable circumstances prior to his death, with drug traces found in his milk bottle, was unsuccessful.

The convictions of a couple who were imprisoned for abandoning their “exceptionally thin” infant son in deplorable circumstances before to his death have not been overturned.

Stephen Angell Jr., a baby, endured horrific abuse, including having drug residue in his milk and being discovered to have a “unusual” body odor.

At the age of three months, he would finally pass away from the torture. During their trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court, 45-year-old Stephen Angell and 47-year-old.

Laura Stevenson denied any wrongdoing; nonetheless, a jury found them guilty of deliberate negligence for actions that took place between August and November 2018.

These incidents included the possibility of drug ingestion for infant Stephen and the discovery of traces of diazepam in a milk bottle at his house.

Sheriff Colin Dunipace chastised the pair from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, for displaying “no remorse” and sentenced them to two years in prison each in July.