A schoolboy described as “pure evil” murdered his five-year-old stepbrother just five days after being allowed to move into his home by social services despite making repeated threats against him.
Craig Mulligan – who can be named after a judge lifted an anonymity order – was 13 when he, along with his stepfather John Cole, 40, and stepmother Angharad Williamson, 31, killed Logan Mwangi and dumped his body in a river near their home in Bridgend, South Wales.
Cole and Williamson were jailed for life, while Mulligan was told he would be detained for a minimum of 15 years.
The teenager, who was not related by blood to Cole, idolised him and was allowed to move in with the family despite a foster family describing him as “pure evil” and begging social workers to take him away because they were unable to cope.
The foster family warned the authorities that Mulligan had issued threats to kill Logan, who was already on the at risk register.
He moved into the family home in Sarn, Bridgend, in July 2021 and five days later murdered his five-year-old step-brother, who suffered 56 external cuts and bruises and “catastrophic” internal injuries likened to a high speed road accident.
Mulligan would refer to Cole as “dad” and Williamson as “mum” but would not refer to Logan as his brother, calling him only “the five-year-old”.
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