Matthew Haydon was sentenced to four and a half years in prison with a four-year extended licence period, at the Old Bailey.

Urfan Sharif and two others are accused of being party to years-long abuse that culminated in the 10-year-old’s death last August.

One of the most senior Catholic leaders in the UK has suggested it would be “abhorrent” to exclude religious views from the assisted dying debate after Dame Esther Rantzen said she was deeply ...