A stepmother killed a six-year-old boy before telling a 999 call handler: 'He's knocked himself out', a court heard
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was allegedly murdered by his father and his partner after enduring months of abuse.
Emma Tustin, 32, and Thomas Hughes, 29, are said to have subjected Arthur to systematic cruelty 'designed to torture' the youngster.
Arthur was allegedly deprived of food, made to stand in a hallway for 14 hours a day and poisoned with salt before being fatally attacked at his home in Shirley, near Solihull, West Midlands.
At a trial in Coventry, jurors were today played a 999 call made by Tustin 12 minutes after prosecutors claim she assaulted him in a hallway in June last year.
Coventry Crown Court heard how Tustin (pictured), 32, had taken the youngster to a house to get her hair and lashes done when she messaged her boyfriend: 'I had to tell Arthur off for messing'
Thomas Hughes (left), 29, also told his girlfriend Emma Tustin to 'gag' Arthur Labinjo-Hughes (right) after she moaned he was giving her 'attitude' during a beauty appointment, it was said.
In the frantic call, Tustin told the operator that Arthur was 'barely breathing' and had 'lost colour' after banging his head 'on the floor about five times'.
After being told to take a 'deep breath' by the call handler, Tustin continues: 'We've been having a little bit of trouble with him for the last couple of months.
'Basically he's threw himself on the floor, he's headbutted the floor. I'm trying to pick him up in the process. He's headbutted me in the process.'
She then added: 'Obviously I've seen the lump on his head, he's done to himself.
'It's a big bang, he's knocked himself out. He is breathing but he's
