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Days from dying: The vulnerable young man who became a 'walking skeleton' after social workers sent him to carers who tortured him to death and pocketed his benefit payments

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Rubin Blount, 28, from Tamworth, was beaten and starved to death by recovering drug addicts Kenneth Newton and Melanie James, after social workers agreed they could look after him.

First report: Couple who 'beat, belittled and starved' a vulnerable man to death after he was sent to live with them by social services found guilty of murder — dailymail.co.uk, 12d