A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his 11-year-old nephew to death in the south-west of the country in late 2019.
His sentence hearing heard he had become obsessed with the boy.
He used to refer to him as his “King”.
Neither of them can be named because of a law which prohibits the identification of child victims of crime, even in cases where the child is dead.
The boy’s mother, who also can’t be named in case it leads to the identification of her son, is calling on the Minister for Justice to fast-track plans to change the law:
"I deserve to be able to leave this court today and tell the world about my wonderful son - the kind, caring, loving, talented little boy my son is.
His name and his legacy deserve to be out there for all the world to see and hear".
