Man accused of murdering girlfriend’s baby ‘shook toddler and banged his head hard on kitchen floor’

A man accused of murdering his girlfriend’s 22-month-old son shook the toddler and banged his head hard on the kitchen floor while changing his nappy, a trial has heard. Jacob Marshall is said to have suffered ‘multiple and catastrophic injuries’ at the hands of his mother’s partner, Jonathan Simpson. The toddler was found unconscious with a fatal brain … Read more

Father, 32, ‘shook eight-week-old baby daughter to death’

A father shook his eight-week-old daughter to death as her young mother ‘turned a blind eye’ to the abuse.   Baby Holly Roe suffered fatal head injuries and 11 rib fractures in her short life, Lewes Crown Court in Hove heard. Her father, Michael Roe, 32, is accused of shaking baby Holly on more than one … Read more

City worker, 44, and her handyman lover, 45, who shook their daughter to death are jailed

A £90,000-a-year City worker who blamed her lover for the death of their miracle IVF baby was blasted as a ‘consummate actress’ today (Fri) as the couple were jailed for a total of 17 years. Clare Sanders, 44, and Thomas Vaitkevicius, 45, attacked tiny Eva on at least three separate occasions and shook her to … Read more

City worker drank three bottles of wine a day before she and lover shook baby to death, court hears

City worker, 44, was drinking three bottles of wine a day before she and her Lithuanian lover, 45, shook their four-week-old baby to death, court hears Clare Sanders, 44, and Tomas Vaitkevicius, 45, allegedly shook baby three times  City worker and her Lithuanian lover blame each other in a ‘cut throat’ defence Prosecutor said records show … Read more