Michael Davis, 29, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 yearsA father who murdered his four-week-old baby and said he had 'no idea' how he ended up with 37 fractures and a 'snapped' neck has been jailed for life today.
The CPS said Davis was spending nights awake on his gaming console and working by day and argued that this left him unable to manage the complex demands of a young baby requiring feeding, changing and winding at all hours of the night, to the extent that he lashed out at Ollie. The neck injury, sustained about four days before his death, was ruled to be the fatal injury by pathologists.
Advertisement After saying he was sure that Davis had caused all the injuries during four separate overnight 'episodes' of violence, Mr Justice Cotter added: 'At least five different mechanisms were required to cause this terrible array of injuries. 'Ollie would have suffered intense pain. Each of the injuries was caused by you, Michael Davis and I'm sure that you, Kayleigh Driver, did not cause any injuries to Ollie,' the judge said before delivering the sentence.
'There's no evidence of those children coming to any harm. There's no punishment that will be greater than the suffering that she has suffered since Ollie's death. Crown Counsel Jonas Hankin KC said during the trial that the prosecution believes that Ollie was subjected to serious physical abuse which 'most likely took place during the last 10 days of his life'.
Mr Hankin told the jury during the trial: 'Michael Davis said he checked the baby. He said, 'I thought he was a bit quiet - normally he would be moaning and whinging.' Driver was found guilty of charges of causing or allowing the death of a child and causing or allowing serious physical injury. 'Ollie's death at such a young age came as a devastating shock to his extended family. Our thoughts and sympathies are with them.'