Father Breaks Over 20 Bones Of His 4-Week-Old Son

A father whose one-month-old kid died from a “snapped neck” has been condemned to life in jail for his child’s murder.

In October 2017, Ollie Davis was discovered deceased in his cot in the bedroom he shared with his parents in Leicester, with more than 20 fractured ribs and fractures to his skull, collarbone, both arms and all of his limb joints.

Last month, Michael Davis, 29, was convicted of murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm, while the baby’s mother, Kayleigh Driver, 31, was found guilty of causing or enabling a child’s death and serious physical injury.

The pair were found guilty after a two-month trial that heard Ollie’s “neck was snapped between four and eight days prior to his death.”

Davis received a life sentence with a minimum period of 22 years today, April 10.

The judge stated that the murder involved a “devastating” fatal spinal injury, as well as other injuries typical of a “high-energy car crash.”

Mr Justice Cotter said he was certain Davis caused all of the injuries during four nighttime “episodes” of violence and demonstrated “callous indifference” to Ollie’s suffering by failing to seek medical attention.

“I have no doubt that during the night you became frustrated and angry and this led to terrible violence,” the judge told him.

“You assaulted him on multiple occasions. The attacks in their various forms were also brutal – in particular the fatal neck injury.”

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A jury absolved the driver of murder and causing grievous bodily harm, but she was sentenced to seven years in prison while using a mobility scooter owing to a persistent neurological illness.

The judge told her: “You must have heard Ollie’s cries after he was assaulted, as you were together in the bedroom. This must have woken you up.”

Prosecutor John Hankin KC told the jury: “Ollie could not have caused the injuries to himself – he was a five-week-old pre-mobile baby.

“A broken neck was not the only injury Ollie sustained. Medical investigation revealed Ollie had sustained a total of 37 fractures.

“They included fractures to the skull, his collar bone, both arms between the shoulder and the elbow, 23 rib fractures and fractures to the joints of all four limbs.

“He also suffered brain injuries, bleeding over the surface of the brain.”

Mr Hankin stated that Ollie was subjected to severe physical abuse “most likely during the last ten days of his life.”

Davis couldn’t explain Ollie’s injuries, saying cops he was “quite shocked” and that his son “seemed fine” before falling asleep.

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