Schoolboy Gabriel Fernandez was subjected to a horrific abuse at the hands of his evil mum and her boyfriend, who used to make him eat cat litter and lock him in a tiny cabinet they called 'The Box'.
The eight-year-old died in hospital two days after paramedics found him with broken ribs, a cracked skull, burns and pellets from a BB gun lodged in his skin.
The horrifying case is the subject of Netflix's new docu-series The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, and the sickening details of what the poor little boy went through is leaving viewers in tears.
The programme explores the staggering systemic failures that allowed a small child to be abused, tortured and eventually murdered - despite teachers raising concerns to the authories.
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