The ‘evil’ stepmum jailed for killing Arthur Labinjo-Hughes is being kept in isolation for her own protection.
Emma Tustin, 32, was locked up for at least 29 years after being found guilty of the six-year-old’s murder earlier this month.
She has reportedly been categorised as a vulnerable prisoner, meaning she has no contact with other inmates, and eats, exercises, and washes with only guards for company.
A source at HMP Peterborough, where she is being held, told The Sun she is seen as a ‘massive target’ for other lags and ‘every effort is being made to protect her from attack’, adding: ‘It’s only a matter of time before someone takes a chance to do her in.’
Tustin was jailed alongside Arthur’s dad Thomas Hughes, 29, who was given a 21-year sentence after being convicted of manslaughter.
Jurors heard the youngster suffered a catastrophic brain injury after being violently attacked by Tustin when she was supposed to be looking after him.
Hughes was found to have encouraged and ‘relished’ in Arthur’s abuse, cruelly ripping up his beloved Birmingham City football shirts and buying ice creams for him and Tustin while he starved.
The senior judge who oversaw the trial said it was ‘without doubt one of the most distressing and disturbing cases I have had to deal with’.
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