‘We haven’t done anything’ – teenage killer Craig Mulligan claims in police tapes Chilling police tapes showing the teenage killer of Logan Mwangi denying involvement in the young boy’s murder have been broadcast as part of an ITV documentary. Craig Mulligan, 14 – who was named after the judge who lifted the anonymity order – was jailed for killing his foster brother Logan on Thursday. Logan’s mother, Angarad Williamson, and stepfather, John Cole, were also convicted of the young boy’s “horrifying” murder. The lifeless body of Logan, a previously “smiling, happy little boy”, was discovered in the River Ogmore on the morning of July 31, 2021. Logan was found dead by police on the morning of July 31, 2021. He had suffered numerous external cuts and bruises and “catastrophic” internal injuries. Mulligan, described by prosecutors as “troubled and violent,” had moved into the family home just five days before Logan’s murder. In the police tapes, aired as part of a special ITV documentary following the South Wales Police investigation, Mulligan can be seen claiming to be helping Cole dispose of the rubbish – rather than actually disposing of Logan’s body. “I woke up in the middle of the night and then dad [Cole] he came into the living room with me,” Mulligan tells the detectives. “I know we weren’t supposed to, but we took some of the rubbish from the garden and threw it in the river. “Now, it was all in like black bags and everything, I don’t know what was in the bags I can’t remember. “And after about 20 minutes, we went back to check if it had fallen. “We didn’t say anything, we were trying to be as quiet as we could because we didn’t want to wake Logan or Angarad.” “We took some of the rubbish from the garden and threw it in the river,” Mulligan tells the police “I don’t know if Logan was still there at that point because we didn’t look,” she continued. In reality, Mulligan and Cole had taken Logan’s body and dumped it in the Ogmore River before making a second trip to dispose of Logan’s ruined pajama top. In a second clip of a police interview used in the ITV documentary, Mulligan appears angry as he tells detectives he believes Williamson – whom he calls Mum – is “saying whatever he wants to get out of the cells”. Mulligan is filmed saying: “You can tell my mum [Williamson] to turn off?’ “Why is that?” asks the detective. “Because he blames me and my dad [Cole] for everything when we have done nothing. Not even my dad.” Mulligan, Cole and Williamson were jailed for the murder of five-year-old Logan Mwangi. Credit: South Wales Police “Now, I’m sick of this,” he continues. “He just says whatever he wants to get out of the cells.” Another clip used in the documentary shows the police body camera as Mulligan is arrested for Logan’s murder. “I’m in custody,” Mulligan appears to say, apparently to Williamson. “Craig, you haven’t done anything wrong,” Williamson yells. “I know,” Craig replies. The moment 14-year-old murderer Craig Mulligan is arrested by the police He was later seen telling the arresting officers to “get the hell out of me”. “I don’t mess around, get out of my way.” Cole’s stepson, who has raised him since he was nine months old, Mulligan is said to have “idolized” him and saw him as a “God-like” figure. Cole was having an affair with Mulligan’s mother and the three of them moved to Wales for a “fresh start”. They later split up but remained in the same house as Mulligan, even when Cole started dating Angharad Williamson. Mulligan was later placed in the care of Bridgend County Council for six months. Caroline Rees QC, prosecuting, said that at the time Mulligan was already “a complex, troubled and violent boy”. He was placed with foster families, one of whom described how he made their lives a “living hell” for the several weeks he lived with them, and they “terrified” him. They said he made repeated threats to kill them, injured their daughter and foster mother and their dog. ‘A monster’ The concerns were further exposed when he asked two young girls if they wanted to play a “murder game” and said they would have to go inside black bin bags. Although he spoke lovingly of his stepfather and stepmother, the family said they noticed he would refer to Logan only as “the five-year-old” and talked about wanting to “kill the five-year-old.” They said he had a “lust for violence” and called him a “monster” in court cases. John Cole was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a minimum of 29 years. Angharad Williamson was also jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 28 years, while Mulligan was given 15 years. The ITV documentary The Murder Of Logan Mwangi was produced in conjunction with South Wales Police. It can be viewed on the ITV Hub.
