What happened to Ashton? A vulnerable boy’s violent death – and why police didn’t charge anyone with killing him
Ashton’s mother and partner were convicted of neglect, not causing his death.
He loved it, his grandmother, Sandra Daley, recalls.
Five days later, Ashton was dead. The cause was deemed to be non-accidental head and bowel injuries. A post-mortem found 65 bruises mottled his s…