Parents who left dead son, 4, in bed for 8 days then buried him in garden after using garlic to heal illness are jailed
Parents who left dead son, 4, in bed for 8 days then buried him in garden after using garlic to heal illness are jailed
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VILE parents who left their dead son in bed for eight days before burying him in their garden have been jailed. Tai Yasharahyalah, 42, and wife Naiyahmi, 43, left their four-year-old son Abiyah "severely malnourished" before his tragic death. Tragic Abiyah had suffered from rickets, anaemia, stunted growth, bone malformation and deformity in his short life.
![[The couple filmed weird videos with meat cleavers]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/0a7f45e6-827b-44a6-bedb-13903fb5ec3c.jpg?strip=all&w=455)
His parents kept him in their bed for eight days after his death as part of a warped "ritual". The couple, who were themselves described as weak and thin due to a strict vegan diet, fell into a "spiral of conspiracy" in which they believed their son would be reincarnated.
![[Tai Yasharahyalah, Abiyah's dad, was jailed today]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/west-midlands-police-pa-wire-954777929_538879.jpg?strip=all&w=764)
Abiyah was then buried in an 80cm grave-deep at the rear of their then-home. Tai and Naiyahmi, neither of whom worked, made £80-a-month from bizarre videos in which they can be seen dancing with meat cleavers. One clip showed the pair dancing while dressed as warriors and brandishing the fearsome weapons.
![[Abiyah was found buried in a garden after he was left to starve to death]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/west-midlands-police-pa-wire-954783894_a9cc9f.jpg?strip=all&w=813)
They also rejected modern medicine in favour of herbs and superstition and had cut out all sugars and processed fruit from their diets. Abiyah's skeletal remains were found buried in the rear garden of the parents' former home in Handsworth, Birmingham, in December 2022.
![[Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah was struggling to walk when cops found her]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/west-midlands-police-pa-wire-954778115_4d1aeb.jpg?strip=all&w=830)
He had been buried two years earlier, with subsequent tests revealing he had suffered "severe cruelty and neglect. The couple were convicted of multiple charges including child cruelty, causing or allowing the death of a child and attempting to pervert the course of justice at Coventry Crown Court last week.
![[A sign on the front door of a property in Clarence Road, Handsworth, where the couple previously lived]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2022-nearly-three-years-died-954778148_d6ab5f.jpg?strip=all&w=669)
