A grieving mother spoke for the first time after she learned that her three -year -old son was being run over by his father's defective agricultural rig.
Toddler Albie Speakman sustained catastrophic injuries after his father on July 16, 2022, a telehandler in the family farm in Totington, Greater Manchester, turned back.
This month, Neil Speakman, 39, sobbed in the dock while the jury foreman read the non -culprit judgment for gross negligence.
Now Albie's deeply sad mother Leah Bridge, 31, has described her unimaginable pain in the tragedy.
'It feels like I stood still on time and I'm not going anywhere. I am not moving forward in my mind, “she told Manchester Evening News.
“Was he scared?” I don't know because I wasn't there. '
Mrs Bridge revealed that she has since welcomed another son, called Ebon, but said that her joy was moistened by Hartzeer while initially had difficulty looking at her baby – for fear that he would look like Albie.
“I didn't look at him for years,” the mother said. “I didn't know what he would look like … if he looked like Albie.”
Mourning mother Leah Bridge, 31, stands next to the grave of her three -year -old son
Toddler Albie Speakman, who died three years old, with his mother MS Bridge
Neil Speakman, depicted with his partner Millie Barrick, at Minshull Street Crown Court
Ebon, who had Mrs. Bridge with her partner, was given the middle name Albie to his brother.
Speakman sobbed in the dock last week while the jury foreman read the non -culprit judgment after five hours of deliberations.
As the verdict was read, the father turned to his girlfriend Millie Barrack – with whom he started a relationship after splitting Albie's mother – and said 'I told you'.
Although tearing, Speakman – with brown pants and a shirt and tie – also seemed to perform a double fist pump while he was still in the dock.
But even though he is released from manslaughter, the farmer can still be imprisoned for health and safety delicacies.
Bridge has described her unimaginable pain in the tragedy to lose her little boy
Speakman argued guilty of violating part of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 during an earlier hearing, and admitted that he '[failed] To guarantee the health and safety of Albie, as far as fairly practical '.
The maximum punishment for violations under the legislation is two years in prison.
During the two -week process in Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, jury members heard that the collision took place in a garden next to a small garden at the front of the farm.
A few minutes earlier, the father had left Albie to play with their two dogs from pets, jury members were told.
Although Mr. Speakman had previously used De Kramer Telehandler, he was not officially trained on the machine and had various defects, including a missing wing mirror.
