A couple have been convicted for causing the death of their three-year-old son after his severely malnourished body was found buried in their back garden.
The couple have been jailed for 44 years in total.
Tai, 42, and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 43, were on Thursday, Dec. 12, handed the lengthy jail terms for what prosecutors described as a case of “breathtaking” neglect.
Their son Abiyah Yasharahyalah died in early 2020 from a respiratory illness.
He had been restricted to an extreme vegan diet and suffered from a list of other problems including rickets, anaemia and stunted growth.
Jurors at Coventry Crown Court heard his parents shunned mainstream society and lived “off grid,” creating their bespoke belief system drawing on various elements from New Age mysticism and West African religion.