This is the moment police raided the home of tragic Abiyah Yasharahyalah – a year before his body was found buried in the back garden.
Officers from West Midlands Police visited Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah’s Birmingham home in September 2021 following a ‘safe and well’ call from Citizen Housing.
But when asked where their son Abiyah was, Tai told officers it was ‘not your business’.
He was in fact buried in the garden, having died suffering from malnutrition around January 2020.
When they visited the terraced home, the police officers noted there was no bread or milk in the fridge and coconuts were the only available sustenance.
In body worn footage from played to the jury, Tai can be seen shouting at the two officers, telling them he and his wife are ‘sovereign citizens’ unwilling to comply with the laws of the land.
In the footage he can be seen getting …