A woman got a Facebook friend request from a stranger - five months later her two-year-old daughter was murdered

08.04.2023 - 18:15 manchestereveningnews.co.uk

When Sinead James got a friend request from Kyle Bevan in February 2020, she had no idea that the man she was about to invite into her life would go on to murder her two-year-old daughter just months later.

Lola James was a "beautiful, bright, busy" little girl who was always on the go, but her life was cut short before she even reached her third birthday, Wales Online reports.

In the early hours of July 17, Bevan, 31, subjected Lola to an almost unimaginable level of violence, causing her catastrophic brain injuries and leaving her body covered in more than 100 bruises.

He had moved into the family home, on Princess Royal Way in Haverfordwest, just days after meeting James, 30, for the first time in person.

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