The father of a five-year-old bashed to death -- says he's changed forever
The father of a five-year-old bashed to death -- says he's changed forever
12 February 2021
Christchurch boy Leon Jayet-Cole was brutally killed while in the care of his violent, drug-addicted step-father in 2015.
A coroner's report found social workers, police and the Canterbury DHB missed worrying signs -- in a series of violent incidents before the child's death.
Leon's father, Michael Cole, says the ordeal's left its mark.
Cole says he feels like half of his personality's been taken from him -- and likens it to a person losing part of themselves after a brain injury.
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