‘I thought my son was safe with killer boyfriend’

A mother whose boyfriend killed her 18-month-old son told police she ‘always felt safe’ leaving the youngster with him, a court heard. Tamika Beaton, 25, is accused of neglecting her son Andrew Cawker by leaving him in the care of Scott Coombe, 24, in the months leading up to his death. Andrew suffered a head injury on 9 July 2019 and died in hospital 13 days later, the Old Bailey has heard. He was repeatedly assaulted by Coombe but Beaton…