Adrian Jones cop breaks down as he tells how tortured boy, 7, was shocked with a stun gun – as evil dad Michael is jailed for life

Corey Charlton

Published: 10:49, 10 May 2017
Updated: 11:31, 10 May 2017

A COP choked back tears as he described a how seven-year-old boy was shocked with a stun-gun in a case of parental abuse that has shocked the world.

Tragic Adrian Jones was beaten until he bled and forced to stand in freezing water before his death - after which his body was fed to pigs by his evil dad and stepmum.

Before he was subjected to a horrendous campaign of abuse, little Adrian was pictured smiling for the cameraCredit: Handout

But by the end of the nine-month tragedy, Adrian was left a "bag of bones"

His dad, Michael, has now been jailed for life after an emotional courtroom hearing which saw investigators describe it as the most harrowing case they had witnessed.

Choking back tears, Detective Stuart Littlefield said he had not seen anything like it in his 23-year police career.

He asked for a moment of silence reflecting the length of time Adrian at one point was shocked by a stun gun during his ";tortured young life".

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He said: "Imagine the screams of a seven-year-old boy. Twenty seconds is a very long time when you’re in agony," according to .

His comments came during the sentencing for Michael, a former jail bondsman who plead guilty to first-degree murder of his son Adrian.

He was strapped in stress positions such as this for hours on endCredit: Handout

Chillingly his tormentors documented the abuse on film. Here he is pictured being forced to stand in filthy pool water overnightCredit: Handout

The 46-year-old was sentenced to life in prison, and won't be eligible for parole for another 25 years.

Adrian's stepmother, 31-year-old Heather Jones, pleaded guilty to the same charge in November and is serving a life sentence.

She insisted that she felt helpless to protect Adrian and herself from her abusive husband, but investigators said she also abused the boy, drawing an additional five years and eight months in prison for that.

Pictures of the smiley young lad conceal the truth of the horrors he faced at home.

Heartbreaking photos revealed during the court case show how dad Michael, 46, placed blindfolded Adrian in stress positions for hours at a time.

Adrian Jones, 7, was subjected to horrendous cruelty before his death. Here he is blindfolded and tied to a kitchen board in a painful stress positionCredit: Handout

The youngster's ankles were bent badly out of shape by the abuseCredit: Handout

Some of the harrowing images revealed how the young boy had been left bloodied by his evil father and stepmotherCredit: Handout

While the depraved pair even locked him in a makeshift cell (pictured)Credit: Handout

In other instances he was submerged up to his neck in filthy, freezing water and his ankles were so badly battered they bent out of shape.

All the while Heather, who callously referred to Adrian as 'the boy', gleefully documented the torture on film.

Adrian's mum Dainna Pearce, who lost custody of Adrian two years ago, said: "I pray you have a long, tortured life in prison.

"I don't know if I can forgive you, but I know you should suffer for what you did."

The seven-year-old's tiny body was fed to pigs in one final indignity meted out by the twisted pairCredit: Handout

They will face life in prison for their abuse of AdrianCredit: Handout

Adrian's mother Dainne watched on in court as she saw the pair sent down for a minimum of 25 yearsCredit: Handout

Adrian, front, had bravely summoned a smile in one moment of happiness with his mum and siblingsCredit: Handout

Adrian's 21-year-old sister, and another of Michael's daughters, Keiona Doctor, said: "You do not deserve a second chance. You do not deserve sunlight as a free man."

And the boy's grandmother, who claims she reported Michael to child services on several occasions, told the court: "There's no getting over it. There's no fix, there's no solution to our heartache. There is no glue for our broken hearts, no remedy for our pain."

Michael Jones pleaded guilty to murdering his son ahead of his planned trial next monthCredit: Wyandotte County Detention Center

Evil stepmum Heather Jones admitted murder and child cruelty last year and was sentenced to life behind bars

Adrian and seven other kids had been forced to live in a filthy house of horrors with bullet holes in the walls and floors littered with dead mice, rat poison, syringes and hardcore porn videos.

His remains were found near a barn where Jones and his wife Heather kept pigs and chickens at their rented home in Piper, Kansas, US.

The gruesome discovery was made in November 2015 by cops who were called to reports Jones had shot his wife and learned Adrian had not been seen for months.