Mum of murdered child killer has ashes scattered in secret as ‘no-one would bury him’

'I feel like I have no right to mourn for his death.'

The mother of murdered child killer David Gaut said his ashes have been scattered in a secret location after ‘no-one’ would bury his body.

Gaut had served 32 years in jail for killing toddler Chi Ming Shek in 1985 before he was murdered by Ieuan Harley, 23, one year after his release.

Phyllis Gaut, 76, also told Newport Crown Court at the sentencing of Harley that her ‘vulnerable’ son had been ‘robbed’ of the chance to prove he had changed.

‘My son was brutally murdered by a vigilante because he thought he had the right to sentence him to death,’ she said in a statement.

‘Some people thought David was a monster but he was my son and I loved him. He has been taken in the cruellest of ways. He died by being tortured.’

She continued: ‘Harley is no better than David. He is a killer. David was vulnerable and defenceless and was not a threat to him.

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‘His death has left me with a huge void in my heart. He spent over 30 years in prison for killing Marky (Chi Ming Shek) and had paid for what he did.

‘His time in prison left him vulnerable and questioning where his place was in society.

‘He struggled to understand how much the world had moved on since he had been in prison. He led a simple life after his release and relied on family and friends he met.

‘His crime was unbelievable. We spent some time coming to terms with what he did and I believe his release from prison was a chance for him to do some good.

‘Harley has taken that away from me and the opportunity to prove he had changed.

‘We as a family have been hounded by the press not because of what happened to David as a victim of a brutal crime but because of what he had done to Marky.

‘I feel like David is being convicted all over again. I feel like I have no right to mourn for his death. No-one would bury him.

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‘I had to borrow money from family members to have him buried, which we had done in private. I don’t even know where his ashes have been scattered.’

Today Harley was sentenced to 24 years behind bars for murdering Gaut on August 2 last year.

Gaut was lured to neighbour David Osborne’s flat before being stabbed at least 150 times while he was still alive and another 26 times after his death.

The murder weapon was thrust into him with such force that part of it was found broken off in his sternum.

Osborne, 51, was found not guilty of murder or manslaughter last month after he was accused of taking part in the killing.

But Harley, Osborne and their friend Darran Evesham, 47, were all found guilty of perverting the course of justice after they attempted to dispose of the body.