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Prime Minister discusses new child cruelty register with Hudgell family

Tony Hudgell was just 41 days old when Jody Simpson and her partner Anthony Smith attacked him.

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Abusive parents set to be placed on new child cruelty register

The register would cover child neglect, child cruelty, abandonment and more

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Tories call for national child cruelty register to protect victims of abuse

Shadow solicitor general Helen Grant said it would operate similarly to the sex offenders register.

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What Happened to Tony Hudgell? The Story of Abuse, Survival and Why His Parents' Release Shocks Britain

Discover what happened to Tony Hudgell, the young child abused his parents, how he survived, and why the release of his parents has shocked Britain and reignited public outrage.

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Tony Hudgell’s birth mother still ‘high risk to children’, adoptive parent says

Tony’s birth mother Jody Simpson is to be released from prison following a decision by an independent

Evening Standard

Mother who abused her baby so badly his legs had to be amputated to be released from prison

Jody Simpson was jailed for 10 years in 2018 for causing or allowing harm to her 41-day old son Tony Hudgell

The Independent UK

Mum who adopted amputee boy Tony Hudgell calls for cruelty register to protect children

Tony Hudgell was the son of birth parents Jody Simpson and Tony Smith, who inflicted such severe injuries on him - when he was just six weeks old - that his legs eventually had to be amputated

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Dad who beat baby so badly he needed both legs amputated storms out of victim statement

Tony Hudgell, who has since been adopted, was just 41 days old when he suffered eight fractures to his legs and then developed life-threatening septicaemia in 2014

Daily Mirror

Mum who adopted amputee Tony Hudgell to get OBE on same day boy's abuser seeks parole

Tony’s father Anthony Smith and birth mum Jody Simpson were jailed for 10 years for abusing him so badly he needed both legs amputating and now Smith seeks prison release

Daily Mirror

Mum who adopted amputee boy Tony Hudgell furious as one of his torturers goes free

Paula Hudgell said 'our justice system is so weak' after Tony Hudgell's birth mum Jody Simpson won a High Court battle to be released after serving six years of a 10-year term

Daily Mirror

Tony Hudgell’s mother ‘shocked’ to learn of abuser’s release

Jody Simpson, 29, and her partner Anthony Smith tortured the boy as a baby so badly that both his legs had to be amputated.

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Tony Hudgell’s mother ‘disappointed’ after failed bid to delay abuser’s release

Jody Simpson and her partner Anthony Smith Both were both jailed for 10 years in 2018 after torturing the little boy.

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Double amputee, 8, left stranded for 5 hours without wheelchair at Gatwick

Paula Hudgell said she was appalled

Evening Standard

Double amputee, 8, stranded at Gatwick for 5 HOURS after wheelchair stuck on plane

The treatment of amputee and Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award winner Tony Hudgell at Gatwick Airport has been labeled as "appalling" after his £6,500 wheelchair got stuck on a plane - and when Jet2 retrieved it, it was "twisted and bent"

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Boy 'scared and anxious' as vile parents who abused him could ask to be freed from jail

Jody Simpson and Anthony Smith abused and neglected their son, Tony Hudgell, which left the tot with life-changing fractures, organ failure and sepsis. The evil couple were jailed for 10 years

Daily Mirror

'Superhero' amputee Tony Hudgell dumbfounds Prince Harry with adorable question

The 'superhero' amputee had Prince Harry momentarily dumbfounded on a video call when he asked him: 'What's your favourite crisp?' After thinking about it, Harry said it was salt and vinegar

The Independent UK

Tony Hudgell’s adoptive mother welcomes halting of boy’s father’s release from jail

Tony was so badly abused at the hands of his mother Jody Simpson and father Anthony Smith that he needed to have both legs amputated.

Daily Mirror

Evil dad of boy who lost legs after being tortured has prison release BLOCKED

Anthony Smith, who inflicted terrible injuries on his son Tony Hudgell, was due to be released after half his 10-year jail sentence, but Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has finally blocked the move

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Moment mum told monsters who abused lad who lost both legs will STAY locked up

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab phoned Paula Hudgell, campaigner and mum to Tony, with the news he had blocked the planned release due to a law change

The Independent UK

Tony Hudgell’s adoptive mother ‘over the moon’ that his abuser may stay in jail

Parents Jody Simpson and Anthony Smith were both jailed for 10 years in 2018 for torturing their son so badly that he lost both of his legs.

Daily Mirror

Evil parents of boy who lost legs due to abuse will be freed after just 5 years in jail

The parents who abused Tony Hudgell are set to walk free from prison this month to the anger of Tony's adoptive mother, despite Tony being beaten so badly that he lost both of his legs

Daily Mirror

'My son was so badly abused by birth mother he lost his legs - now I'm battling cancer'

Paula Hudgell, the adoptive mum of brave double amputee Tony, has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. She says the diagnosis made her determined to ensure child killers and abusers get tougher punishment

The Independent UK

Man who abused baby so badly his legs were amputated battered with tins of tuna by inmates for two hours

Anthony Hudgell held hostage in cell at HMP Swaleside, where he is serving 10-year term for child cruelty

Daily Mirror

Thug who abused baby is tied up and hit with homemade weapons by inmates in cell

Michael Stewart and Nathan Odgers have been jailed for locking Anthony Smith in a cell and beating him repeatedly with socks full of tuna at Swaleside Prison on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent

Daily Record

Adoptive mum of child abused by jailed birth mother begs 'don't free monster'

An adoptive mother has told of her fury after amputee victim Tony Hudgell's birth mum Jody Simpson appeals for day release from prison, where she is serving ten years for torturing him as a baby.

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