Arthur Labinjo-Hughes' grieving maternal grandmother Madeleine Halcrow broke down in tears as she gave her first TV interview on GMB today.
The six-year-old boy died on June 17 last year after suffering an "unsurvivable" brain injury while the country was in lockdown.
Speaking to hosts emotional Susanna Reid and Martin Lewis, she said that Emma Tustin, 32, and his dad Thomas Hughes would "never get to heaven, they'll burn in hell", The Mirror reports.
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His evil stepmum Emma Tustin, 32, convicted of murdering the defenceless child after a horrific campaign of abuse, while his dad Thomas Hughes was found guilty of manslaughter.
Little Arthur was found with 125 areas of bruising on his body after he died from unsurvivable brain injuries in June last year, while alone with Hughes' partner Tustin.
Coventry Crown Court was told that Arthur's concerned paternal grandmother Joanne Hughes, took pictures of a large bruise on his shoulder in a failed attempt to show authorities that her grandson was in danger.
But she said when she called social services and offered to send the picture they "didn't want to see" it.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Madeleine recalled the last heartbreaking time she saw Arthur, revealing that the "sparkle had gone from his eyes". His dad Thomas later prevented Madeleine from seeing Arthur again as he pleaded to stay with her rather than go in the car with his father and stepmum.
"I'm here on behalf of Arthur and his mother," Madeleine said. "Arthur was the happiest child, he was very much loved by everyone...
"He was always happy and that's why I called him sunny delight... I saw him on the 21st October [2019], which was my birthday.
"He'd lost the sparkle in his eyes. His dad came to pick him up and Arthur said to his dad, 'Is she in the car' and he said yes and Arthur started to cry. He said, 'Grandma, can I stay with you?' And he was due to see his mother the following week and he was so excited. Then on the 23rd October, I received a text from his dad saying, 'You're not seeing him again'."
Madeleine revealed that the next time she had seen Arthur had been in intensive care. She also explained that she had left Christmas presents for Arthur on the porch, but later realised that he had never received them as they had found them still wrapped in the house.
She went on to speak about how she had first seen Arthur's bruises on April 16 when Arthur's paternal grandmother Joanna had sent her a text message and later asked if she and her husband could come round to see her.
"Joanna said that they'd found bruises on Arthur," Madeleine, who is a nurse, said and was shown the photos. "Straight away, I said this wasn't accidental bruising.
"The most disturbing thing to me [was] I said 'There's new bruises on top of old, which tells me this has been going on...'"
As she began to cry, Madeleine said: "I seen them and imagined the pain Arthur would have been in."
An emotional Susanna Reid offered her tissues as she said that Joanna and her husband Chris had phoned social services and they went round to the house but said that it was "immaculate", which infuriated her.
"I am angry with the inter-agencies because somewhere along the line [...] something is broken in the system needs fixing," she said.
Arthur's biological mum, who was jailed for 11 years earlier this year after fatally stabbing partner Gary Cunningham at her Harborne flat in February 2019, has since paid tribute from her cell in a touching statement read by her own mother.
Madeleine Halcrow read her daughter's poignant tribute, saying: "Arthur was the light of my life. He wasn't just my only child - he was my best friend.
"Never did I imagine he would be taken from this world so early in his life.
"If Arthur could ask for one last thing, it would be that he was remembered for his superpower. That will always be what I remember and Arthur's superpower was his smile.
"Talking about Arthur's loves would not be complete without mentioning superheroes, Marvel or DC. Arthur loved them all, from Batman to Black Panther, Aqua Man to the Flash.
"He had every costume and action figure and would spend hours dressing up and pretending he had all of their superpowers."
Her touching tribute came after Tustin was jailed for life with a minimum of 29 years after being found guilty of murder and Hughes, guilty of manslaughter, jailed for 21 years.
Twisted Tustin was pregnant with Hughes' baby when she violently attacked Arthur in June 2020, before undergoing an abortion at 21 weeks.
During the trial at Coventry Crown Court, it has been revealed Tustin tried to avoid justice for her sickening attack on the little boy by taking an overdose and trying to hang herself.
Mary Prior QC described her as a “high suicide risk”, saying that she had been “obliged to terminate a pregnancy ".
*GMB airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
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