Michael Davis, 29, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years for murdering his four-week-old son Ollie Davis (Pictures: PA)
An evil dad who ‘snapped’ his month-old son’s neck has been jailed for life.
Little Ollie Davis was found dead in his cot at home in Leicester back in October 2017.
He suffered a catalogue of horrific injuries typically seen in car crashes, including fractures to his skull, collar bone, ribs, both arms and the joints of all his limbs.
His father Michael Davis, 29, was found guilty of murder and two counts of causing grievous bodily harm at Leicester Crown Court last month. He was today jailed for at least 22 years.
Ollie Davis was pronounced dead after being found lifeless in his bedroom in 2017 (Picture: Leicestershire Police/PA)
The judge, Mr Justice Cotter, said Ollie ‘would have suffered intense pain’ from the injuries, inflicted by Davis over the course of four separate overnight ‘episodes’ of ‘terrible violence’.
He told Davis: ‘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.
Michael Davis has been jailed for life for his infant son’s murder (Picture: Leicestershire Police/PA)
The infant’s mum, Kayleigh Driver, 31, was cleared of murder but found guilty of allowing the death of a child and allowing serious physical injury.
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.’
The prosecution of the couple was delayed by complex medical evidence and health issues suffered by Driver, who appeared for sentence on a mobility scooter due to a chronic neurological condition.
A two-month-trial was told Ollie suffered around 40 fractures, including breaks to his skull, collar bone, both arms, 23 rib fractures and breaks to the joints of all four limbs.
He also suffered a ‘snapped’ neck and brain injuries during up to 10 days of abuse before his death, the court heard.
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