Little Ollie Davis was found dead in his bedroom with a catalogue of horrific injuries, including fractures to his skull, collar bone, ribs, both arms and the joints of all his limbs....CONTINUE READING
His father Michael Davis, 29, was found guilty of murder and two counts of causing grievous bodily harm and was today ordered to serve a minimum term of 22 years.
The judge, Mr Justice Cotter, said Davis must have inflicted the injuries to his infant son over the course of four separate overnight ‘episodes’ of violence.
He told him: ‘I have no doubt that during the night you became frustrated and angry and this led to terrible violence.
‘You assaulted him on multiple occasions. The attacks in their various forms were also brutal – in particular the fatal neck injury.’
In not seeking medical help, the judge said Davis had shown ‘callous indifference’ to Ollie’s suffering.
Ollie’s mum, Kayleigh Driver, 29, was cleared of murder but found guilty of allowing the death of a child and allowing serious physical injury at Loughborough Crown Court.
Jailing her for seven years, Mr Justice Cotter said: ‘You must have heard Ollie’s cries after he was assaulted, as you were together in the bedroom. This must have woken you up..<<CONTINUE READING>>
