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Father jailed for 9 years after shaking 8 week old son to death




A father has been sentence to nine years in prison after he was found guilty of killing his eight week old son.

According to BBC News, Anton Shields 39, from Bamford, Derbyshire, was sentenced at Derby Crown Court.

BBC News reports that the court were told that Shields killed his son Cody Shields-Holman by repeatedly shaking him during an incident on June 27th 2019.

It is understood that little Cody suffered extensive injuries following the incident which occurred at their home whilst his mother went to a local post office.

BBC News reports that Shields was left alone for 15 minutes with his son when the incident occurred and despite pleading guilty to manslaughter Shields has since never given an explanation to what happened on that day.

Little Cody who sustained extensive brain injuries following the incident passed away in hospital two days later.

It is believed that Little Cody had vaccinations earlier that day and was crying at the time of the incident.

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