Dad in crunch talks with Swansea social services.
 Swansea social services Aaron Gilbert aged 13 months |
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| Murdered baby's Dad in crunch talks
with Swansea social services By NINO WILLIAMS NINO.WILLIAMS@SWWMEDIA.CO.UK 08 January 2007 Source: Swansea Evening Post Murdered baby's Dad in crunch talks A Father demanding a public inquiry into the murder of baby Aaron Gilbert is to meet for crunch talks with Swansea Social Services tomorrow. Gareth Gilbert is calling for an investigation to discover exactly what happened in the days leading up to the 13-month-old's death in Townhill in May, 2005.  Baby
Aaron died after a series of horrific attacks at the hands of
Andrew Lloyd, the boyfriend of his mother Rebecca Lewis.Lewis and Lloyd moved in together at Gwylfa Road, Townhill following the break-up of her relationship with Mr Gilbert. Lloyd was jailed for 24 years last November for the killing, while Lewis became the first person in the UK to be convicted of the new crime of familial murder for allowing her boyfriend to kill. She received a six-year sentence. But during the course of the trial at Swansea Crown Court, Lewis made the bombshell claim that Aaron's biological father was actually Phil Edmunds, of Whitland, following a one-night stand. Mr Gilbert and Mr Edmunds are now waiting to take a DNA test to resolve the issue of paternity once and for all. The pair have since formed a friendship, and agree an inquiry is needed to resolve their unanswered questions. Mr Gilbert said: "We want an inquiry to find out exactly what happened to Aaron. "I have a meeting with social services on January 9, but they want to deal with mine and Phil's complaints separately." The two fathers have also launched an appeal to raise money for a headstone for baby Aaron's grave, and have set themselves a target of £1,600 for the plot at Morriston Cemetery. "We have raised about half the money so far," said Mr Gilbert, of Gendros. "We have been speaking with national newspapers and we have raised some money through the family. "I have had people come up to me in the street leaving me their telephone numbers. "But we are not expecting money from anyone." |
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