Heartbreak of biological father of 11-week-old boy who died as stepdad is ...

Heartbreak of biological father of 11-week-old boy who died as stepdad is ...
Heartbreak of biological father of 11-week-old boy who died as stepdad is ...

The father of an 11-week-old baby boy who was murdered by his stepfather has spoken out about the heartbreak over 'never even holding' his infant son. 

Biological dad, Liam Gibb, 34, has been left 'empty', 'angry' and 'lost' while grieving for his son, Teddie.

Teddie's step dad, Kane Mitchell, 31, inflicted a 'catalogue' of injuries on the 11-week-old, who died in hospital on 11th November 2019, after ten days on a life support machine.

Mitchell, who lived with Teddie's mother Lucci Smith in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, was found guilty

Mitchell, who lived with Teddie's mother Lucci Smith in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, was found guilty

A four-week trial at Cambridge Crown Court heard that Teddie had suffered injuries consistent with being 'gripped hard', 'shaken vigorously', and 'having his head struck against a hard surface'.

He suffered a fractured skull and bleed on the brain.

Mitchell, who lived with Teddie's mother Lucci Smith in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, was found guilty of murder on Thursday 14th January, after a jury ruled he had inflicted the fatal injuries.

He was jailed for life, with the judge imposing a minimum 18 year jail term.

Smith, 29, was also found guilty by the jury of neglect - but was acquitted on charges of causing or allowing death and serious injury.

She was handed a two year community order.

Cambridge Crown Court heard Mitchell and Smith had been in a relationship for about eight months and had lived together with baby Teddie.

Liam, a former landscape gardener, from St Neots, Cambridgeshire, said: 'I am so angry.

Liam Gibb, 34, has been left 'empty', 'angry' and 'lost' while grieving for his son

Liam Gibb, 34, has been left 'empty', 'angry' and 'lost' while grieving for his son

'There are no words that can fully describe how I feel.

'After we split I wasn't able to have any involvement in the pregnancy,

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