Harvey Borrington’s mother shares heartbreaking family video

This heartbreaking video shows a three-year-old autistic boy happily drinking a ‘Babyccino’ in a car with his birth mother before he was savagely killed by his stepmother.

Harvey Borrington died after Leila Borrington hit him “several times” in the head, having suffered two other attacks on his hands that left him with a broken arm and marks on his face.

After Borrington was jailed for 15 years for manslaughter yesterday, his birth mother, Katie Holroyd, posted a family video showing some of the happy times she had with her son before his tragic death.

The images, shared with live nottinghamshire – shows a healthy and happy Harvey laughing in the back of the car as he takes a sip of his milk drink.

Before Berrington’s sentencing yesterday, Ms Holroyd read a personal impact statement in which she paid tribute to her son as “the most loving child anyone could have wished for”.

“Harvey’s life cruelly ended when he was only three years old,” he told Nottingham Crown Court.

“To this day I can’t bear to think of him lying on the ground dying with her filming him and delaying seeking medical help.”

Describing Harvey’s death as a recurring nightmare from which he can never wake up, Miss Holroyd added: “We will always treasure what little time we got to spend with him.”

“She (Leila Borrington) knew what he had done to her and she could have said it from the beginning.”

Instead, Miss Holroyd said, Borrington had “chosen to lie, no doubt to try to save herself”.

The court heard how Borrington lied about what had happened to Harvey, who had severe non-verbal autism, when paramedics arrived at his home near Kirkby-in-Ashfield in August 2021.

Borrington also delayed calling emergency services after inflicting “insurmountable” injuries, including a fractured skull, on Harvey, instead sending a text to the boy’s father saying: “Why is this happening to me? me?”.

Passing sentence, Judge Nicklin told Borrington: “You were 21 when you committed the first offense and 22 when you assaulted and killed Harvey.”

The “history” of using violence against Harvey was an aggravating factor in the manslaughter charge, the judge said, adding that the young man’s cause of death “must have been a sustained violent assault.”

The judge also said that Borrington’s text messages, and his immediate response after Harvey was fatally assaulted, had shown a “shocking lack of care and concern.”

He told Borrington: “During the trial, we saw video footage of Harvey playing with his toys and putting items in the dishwasher.”

“In less than 30 minutes, more video footage showed Harvey unconscious on the living room floor.

‘Precisely what happened to Harvey only you know.’

Borrington was convicted last month of manslaughter and separate charges of assault and grievous bodily harm to Harvey, in connection with incidents in April and July 2021.

Borrington, 23, who was acquitted of murder, claimed Harvey “fell backwards” from a leather loveseat at his home, causing the fatal brain hemorrhage.

Harvey, who spent most weekends with Borrington, died at the hospital on August 9, two days after paramedics were called and found him “deeply unconscious,” “unresponsive” and in an “unresponsive posture.” abnormal body.”

Footage of Borrington’s trial, filmed by her moments after Harvey’s collapse while lying on his side, was shown.

In the video, shot on Borrington’s phone and sent to Harvey’s father, she was recorded grabbing the boy’s left arm, lifting him up and dropping him to the floor, before continuing filming as he lay motionless on a living room rug.

Prosecutor Jonas Hankin KC said the defendant’s behavior was highly unusual in the circumstances, did not appear to be an attempt to rouse him, and suggested a lack of compassion.

“Raising and dropping his arm in that manner similarly appears to show indifference to the obvious severity of his condition,” Hankin told the jury.

Hankin also claimed that Borrington targeted Harvey, who communicated through hand gestures and a handful of words, because he was unable to articulate when in pain.