Parents guilty of causing buried Birmingham boy’s death
The parents of a boy whose body was found buried in a garden in Birmingham have been found guilty of causing his death.
A jury found Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 42 and 43, responsible for the 2020 death of their three-year-old son Abiyah.
Abia was found buried in the garden of a property on Clarence Road, Handsworth, where the couple had lived.
The Yasharahyalah family was evicted in 2022, and police discovered the boy’s body in December of that year.
Both parents deny negligence, causing or allowing the child’s death and perverting the course of justice.
The court heard how Abia died from a respiratory infection, But that wasn’t all about his failing health.
He had been severely malnourished and suffered from a host of other problems. It was not until his body was exhumed that the extent of his parents’ neglect became apparent.
During the trial, prosecutors told the jury that Abiye died between December 2019 and January 2020, when he was approximately three years and nine months old.
Judge Wall praised the jury’s work, saying it had been a “long and difficult case”.
The couple showed no visible or audible reaction to the verdict.
