Football fans applaud life of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes as his parents' sentence is ...

Football fans across the country have paid poignant tribute to murdered six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes after it was revealed the 'unduly lenient' sentences of his 'monstrous' father and stepmother are set to be reviewed by the Attorney General. 

In powerful scenes replicated at sold-out stadiums across the country, thousands of supporters marked Arthur's short life with a rousing minute of applause in the sixth-minute for the young Birmingham City FC supporter.

Applause rang out from the capacity crowd at West Ham's London Stadium as fans of the Premier League side and league leaders Chelsea shared a touching tribute at the six-minute mark of their match. 

Players wore 'Arthur We Love You' t-shirts in pre-match warmups ahead of Birmingham City FC's Championship clash against Millwall on Saturday, while Coventry City fans also remembered the youngster with applause in the sixth minute of their match against West Brom. 

Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes were both jailed for more than 20 years each for their roles in the death of little Arthur, but could face a harsher sentence after Solihull MP Julian Knight warned their case will be passed onto Britain's chief legal advisor.

Tustin was given a life sentence with a minimum of 29 years while Hughes was jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years. the minimum term before her case is considered by a parole board is 29 years.

But Mr Knight, speaking as he lay flowers outside the youngster's home in Solihull, West Midlands on Saturday, said he intends to refer Tustin and Hughes' case to the 'unduly lenient sentencing scheme' - meaning the pair's time behind bars could be extended.

It comes as harrowing video footage shows Arthur's evil stepmother devouring a McDonald's takeaway while the doomed six-year-old boy starves in the hallway last summer.

Both Tustin, 32, and Hughes, 29, can be seen tucking into ice creams at her Solihull home in West Midlands in June 2020. As the couple relax on the sofa, Arthur is left to stand by himself in the hallway, wearing a fluffy onesie in sweltering temperatures.  

In other clips, recorded on the couple's home security footage, Tustin scoffs into two separate boxes of McDonald's, while a starving Arthur is left to his own devices. 

Tustin and Hughes starved the youngster, force-fed him salt-laden dishes and made him stand alone for more than 14 hours a day, in a degrading, punishing and hellish regime over the last painful months of his life. 

Speaking in Solihull on Saturday, Mr Knight said: 'There’s a palpable sense of real loss and tragedy over this and also, frankly, a sense of anger, and questions over how this was allowed to happen, how these monsters were allowed to inflict this horrible torture on this young, defenceless boy.

'My view is very simple on this. We need to get to the bottom of how this happened and we need to ensure that those who have failed him are accountable.

'But also I think anyone reflecting on those sentences yesterday thinks that they were too lenient and my intention is to refer this to the unduly lenient sentencing scheme as soon as possible and I will be doing that on Monday morning.'

It comes as neighbours revealed Tustin's violent side previously saw her chase an ex-boyfriend with a garden spade - underlining the turmoil that Arthur was forced to live alongside up until his final days. 

Speaking to CoventryLive, one neighbour, who did not wish to be named, claims she saw Tustin armed herself with a garden spade and angrily chased away an ex-boyfriend.

The neighbour explained: 'She was a nutcase, a fruit loop. One day, her ex came down the road, there had been a row, and she was chasing him down the road with a garden spade.'

The 'evil' stepmother was also said to have rowed with neighbours in disputes over cats.  

'As soon as she moved in she gave a woman a few doors down a nervous breakdown about cats', the neighbour added.

'She was shouting "get your cats to stop s***ing on my driveway". As if you can do that?'

Social workers, police and teachers are facing damning questions after a six-year-old boy's stepmother was found guilty of his murder - and his father convicted of manslaughter - after the pair tortured, starved and beat him to death. 

Emma Tustin killed Arthur Labinjo-Hughes by repeatedly slamming his head on a hard surface after she and 29-year-old Thomas Hughes starved the youngster and force-fed him food laden with salt. 

After killing Arthur, Tustin immediately fetched her mobile phone to take a photograph of him as he lay dying in the hallway to send to her boyfriend. 

She called 999 and told the operator Arthur had 'banged his head'. 

After police arrived at her Solihull home, the self-pitying stepmother cried and tried to convince them the stick-thin boy had attacked her - while several miles away he lay dying in hospital. 

He passed away the next day when his life support was turned off, with medics deciding there was nothing they could do due to the catastrophic nature of his injuries. 

After concerned relatives told the council about bruises on the youngster's back, social worker Jayne Kavanagh and support worker Angela Scarlett-Coppage visited Tustin's home but reported 'no concerns' after carrying out cursory checks. 

Tustin and Hughes had 'coached' Arthur and one of Tustin's other children to pretend his injuries were the result of a play-fight. 

A day before Arthur died of 'unsurvivable' head injuries inflicted by Tustin, he had been rendered 'too weak' even to hold a glass of water to his mouth. The 130 areas of bruising found on the little boy's body after his death equated to 'nearly a bruise for every day of lockdown'. 

Meanwhile, social workers wanted to be anonymous when they gave evidence to the court, it can be revealed.

Jailing Tustin and Hughes on Friday, Mr Justice Mark Wall QC said the couple's campaign of cruel abuse against the defenceless youngster had been 'without doubt one of the most distressing and disturbing cases I have had to deal with'.