Man jailed 18 years for toddler manslaughter, mother 10 years

Scott O'Connor, 36, was sentenced Friday at Southwark Crown Court to 18 years in prison with a five-year extended licence period for the manslaughter of four-year-old Kol Page. The boy's mother, Zoe Coutts, 35, received a 10-year prison term for causing or allowing the death of a child.

Kol sustained severe injuries in April 2022 at the age of two while in the care of Coutts and O'Connor, her boyfriend at the time, at their home in Bromley. He died on June 29, 2024, more than two years later, from complications including internal bleeding, cardiac arrest and brain damage stemming from those injuries. Prosecutors described the abdominal trauma, which included three tears to the small bowel, as resulting from significant force equivalent to a punch, kick or stamp, comparable to injuries from a serious road traffic accident or a fall from height.

Jurors in March convicted O'Connor of manslaughter and Coutts of causing or allowing the child's death, clearing both of murder. Evidence included photographs of Kol with two black eyes on April 9, 2022, which medical experts attributed to likely punches, and escalating bruises. Text messages between the couple, who met on the dating app...