By Lara Keay For Mailonline
Published: 16:55 BST, 13 May 2019 | Updated: 16:55 BST, 13 May 2019
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The parents of a baby who died with broken ribs after being smothered have been found guilty of causing or allowing his death.
Neighbours heard Luke Morgan, 26, and Emma Cole, 22, having a drunken argument in the early hours of April 29 2014.
Their six-week trial heard they were rowing about not having enough money and being unable to have sex because their nine-month-old baby Tyler was crying.
Little Tyler was found with broken ribs and what appeared to be a human bite mark when paramedics finally arrived at their flat in Burntwood, Staffordshire at 2.42am.
Jurors heard there was a 'significant' delay in contacting the emergency services after Tyler was smothered and collapsed in the early hours. He was rushed to hospital but died shortly after 4am.
Morgan and Cole were also found guilty of child cruelty but were cleared of charges of murder and manslaughter after a six-week trial at Stafford Crown Court.
Luke Morgan, 26, and Emma Cole, 22, both pictured outside Stafford Crown Court at an earlier hearing, were today found guilty of causing or allowing the death of their nine-month-old baby Tyler in April 2014
The couple held hands in the dock and appeared tearful following the jury's verdicts following more than 11 hours of deliberations.
