FOR ETHAN

Murdered boy's family urge law giving power to social services

- BY PHIL CARDY

THE family of a two-year-old boy murdered by his grandparents is calling for an “Ethan's Law” giving social services more powers if they are denied access to a child.

Ethan Ives-Griffiths was dehydrated and underweight when he collapsed with a catastrophic head injury on August 14, 2021.

He died two days later. A court heard he was targeted for abuse and subjected to casual cruelty by his grandparents, Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, while he and his mother Shannon were staying with them.

The couple were last month convicted of Ethan's murder. Shannon Ives, 28, was convicted of causing or allowing his death.