Rubin Blount, 28, from Tamworth, was beaten and starved to death by recovering drug addicts Kenneth Newton and Melanie James, after social workers agreed they could look after him.

Jurors heard 'recovering drug addicts' Melanie James, 63, and her partner Kenneth Newton, 57, kept Rubin Blount in their Tamworth council house 'for their own financial benefit'.

Rubin Blount, 28, from Tamworth, was beaten and starved to death by recovering drug addicts Kenneth Newton and Melanie James, after social workers agreed they could look after him.