Murder charges after Wolverhampton toddler's death Published duration 24 November 2016

image copyright Google Maps image caption Police were called to an address in Wednesfield High Street

A mother and stepfather have appeared in court charged with murder after the death of a toddler.

Police were called to an address in Wednesfield High Street, Wolverhampton, just before midnight on Sunday where the boy, aged two-and-a-half, was found with head and body injuries.

Sindyann Regis, 25, and stepfather Chevaze Mcgregor, 27, appeared at Walsall Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

They are due to before Wolverhampton Crown Court on 25 November.

The boy was pronounced dead at hospital.

A post-mortem examination has shown he died from peritonitis as a result of blunt force trauma to his abdomen, West Midlands Police said.