Grieving grandma of murdered schoolboy Logan Mwangi plunges 200ft off cliff in suspected suicide

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THE grandmother of murdered schoolboy Logan Mwangi died after falling 200ft from a cliff in a suspected suicide, an inquest heard.
Clare Williamson, 64, was distraught after the
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Clare Williamson, grandmother of Logan Mwangi who was killed by his mum and Clare's daughter Angharad Williamson, has died in a suspected suicide
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Logan Mwangi died after suffering 'catastrophic' injuries akin to those from a high-speed road accident
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Angharad and her partner John Cole were both convicted of murdering Logan, along with John's stepson
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Clare was found dead at the bottom of the Southerndown cliffs - a well-known suicide spot
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Little Logan was found with "severe injuries" after being dumped in a river just yards from his home in South Wales in July 2021.
Angharad was found guilty of his murder,
Clare is believed to have written an email to her daughter in jail explaining her intention to end her life, which was intercepted by
prison
authorities, reports the
Police were alerted about the email, but they had received a call from Clare at 8:35am on June 16 with the same message.
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Officers rushed to the Southerdown beauty spot near her home in Bridgend, South
Wales
, but Clare had already fallen to her death.
The cliff is a well-known suicide spot.
Clare's body was spotted on the beach below and was recovered by the Porthcawl lifeboat.
An inquest heard the provisional cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries.
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The boy had suffered 56 external cuts and bruises, and "catastrophic" internal injuries likened to those inflicted by a high-speed road accident, in the time before his death.
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All three were found guilty of
He was still wearing his dinosaur pyjama bottoms and Spider-Man top.
The
court
heard he suffered a "brutal and sustained assault" in the hours or days before he died - when he was just 3ft 5in and three stone in weight.
However, during her evidence, Clare tried to protect her daughter by insisting she never saw Logan being treated cruelly.
When asked if she had ever witnessesed her daughter being "physical or violent" towards Logan, she replied: "Absolutely not. She was a fantastic mum, she loved him to pieces."
Clare described Logan as "the apple of my eye", adding: "He was a very, very bright child, a joy to be around."
But she had seen very little of her grandson in the last months of his life - attributed to Angharrad's relationship with John Cole.
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Logan had been tortured and forced to do press-ups until he collapsed by his abusers
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Craig Mulligan, 14, John Cole's stepson, who was convicted of Logan's murder
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He was described in court as controlling.
Prosecutors said John Cole, who was a member of the far-right National Front, targeted Logan because he was mixed
race
.
Prosecutor Caroline Rees QC said: "He was a child of mixed race and it is relevant to a dehumanising attitude towards Logan."
In the case background, the court heard Cole was described as "very racist" by former friends and partners while growing up.
One friend said he was racist towards "any people who are different".
Angharad and Cole tried to cover up the horrific events in their two-bedroom flat in Sarn, Bridgend, by claiming Logan had gone to the river alone in the middle of the night.
When asked if it was in keeping with Logan's character to wander off, Clare replied: "No."
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Clare saw very little of Logan in the last months of his life, attributed to the difficult relationship Angharad fell into with John
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The pair denied having ever assaulted Logan and claimed he wandered to the river alone
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The three defendants denied assaulting the boy, but were all found guilty of his murder and jailed.
Angharad was given a 28-year minimum sentence, with John getting 29 years and
Angharad's appeal against conviction in January 2023 was turned down.
Clare never spoke publicly following the convictions.
The inquest heard Clare was identified by her son Lloyd Williamson.
Assistant South Wales central coroner Rachel Knight gave her condolences to her family 'at this sad time'.
Logan was not mentioned during the brief hearing which was adjourned while inquiries continue.