BRITAIN/INTERNATIONAL: Father choked baby son to death.A FATHER who choked his seven-week-old son to death with a baby wipe baby wipe baby n → lingette f (pour bébé) baby wipe baby n → Ölpflegetuch nt to stop him crying was jailed for life at Liverpool Liverpool, city (1991 pop. 448,300), NW England, on the Mersey River near its mouth. It is one of Britain's largest cities. A large center for food processing (especially flour and sugar), Liverpool has a variety of industries, including the manufacture of electrical Crown Court yesterday. Ian Hunt, 26, killed baby Christian at the family home in St Helens, Merseyside
Hunt, who pleaded guilty to murder at an earlier hearing, also broke eight of the child's ribs and caused other injuries to him several days before his death. Mr Justice Silber ordered him to serve a minimum of 20 years behind bars. The court heard that Hunt, who was unemployed, broke the child's ribs by squeezing him to stop him crying. He also inflicted a series of other injuries on the baby. Outside court, Christian's mother, Helen, 21, who was not at home when Hunt carried out the murder, said the sentence was "justice" for her son. CAPTION(S): Baby killer Ian Hunt |
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