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| Jury considers salt death verdict | |
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| Jurors are deciding whether a married couple used salt to poison a young boy they were hoping to adopt. | Jurors are deciding whether a married couple used salt to poison a young boy they were hoping to adopt. |
| Christian Blewitt, three, was five weeks into a trial adoption with Ian and Angela Gay at their home in Bromsgrove, Worcs, when he collapsed. | Christian Blewitt, three, was five weeks into a trial adoption with Ian and Angela Gay at their home in Bromsgrove, Worcs, when he collapsed. |
| He died in hospital and tests showed high salt levels in his blood. It was claimed the couple force-fed the boy teaspoons of salt as a punishment. | He died in hospital and tests showed high salt levels in his blood. It was claimed the couple force-fed the boy teaspoons of salt as a punishment. |
| Mr and Mrs Gay, of Halesowen, deny manslaughter and child cruelty. | Mr and Mrs Gay, of Halesowen, deny manslaughter and child cruelty. |
| Mr Gay, 39, and Mrs Gay, 40, were convicted of manslaughter in 2005 but won the right to a retrial on appeal. | Mr Gay, 39, and Mrs Gay, 40, were convicted of manslaughter in 2005 but won the right to a retrial on appeal. |
| The jury in the latest trial at Nottingham Crown Court retired to consider their verdict on Thursday morning. |