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A vicious father who shook his own baby daughter so hard she had a heart attack and died a month later from her injuries during the Covid lockdown has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.
Three-month-old baby Miyah Warnock was rushed to hospital on September 20, 2021 after Samuel Warnock 'shook' her so hard she went 'limp' at their home in Devizes, Wiltshire
The 'volatile' father, 29, then accused his baby daughter of being a 'drama queen' after he arrived at Bristol Children's Hospital, where she died one month later.
Warnock repeatedly abused infant Miyah after he was tasked with the job of being her full-time carer when his partner, Jasmine, returned to work amid the Covid-19 lockdown.
The 29-year-old had a 'history of volatility' and on one occasion even 'grabbed' his baby daughter out of her cot whilst she was asleep and held her in the air 'commenting that it was like the scene in The Lion King'.
In the 'fatal event', which caused her death at just 17 weeks old, Samuel admitted 'shaking' his daughter until she went 'limp' - but told a 999 operator the infant had thrown 'a fit' and died 'because she was crying so much'.
Today, a judge jailed the father for 14 years and said he was 'incapable of care' for such a 'vulnerable and defenceless' child.
Miyah Warnock was only three months old when she died from the injuries she sustained when her father shook her
Samuel Warnock, 29, admitted 'shaking' his daughter until she went 'limp'
Mother Jasmine Warnock was handed a three year community order and asked to complete 30 days of rehabilitation activities
Baby Miyah died on October 19, 2021, after spending one month in the intensive care unit at Bristol Children's Hospital in light of suffering a 'traumatic head injury'.
Caroline Carberry, prosecuting, told Winchester Crown Court, Hants, that this injury was most likely as a result of an 'episode of shaking' which caused the infant's heart to stop and left her with 'unsurvivable brain injuries'.
It was heard the 'fatal incident' that led to this death happened a month prior, on September 20, after Miyah had been returned to Samuel having spent the day with his mother.
During this period, his now wife Jasmine had returned to work at a pub and Samuel was the 'full-time carer' of baby Miyah.
Ms Carberry told the court: 'It was clear from messages between them during that time that he was a resentful, angry and jealous man.'
The court heard that in the weeks leading up to her death, her grandparents had noticed bruising on her body, which Samuel had claimed was the result of him squeezing her too hard due to having a lack of sensation in his hands.
It was heard Jasmine had returned home from work on September 20 to find Samuel was on the phone to the emergency services.
The prosecutor said: 'It was just after ten past nine, Miyah had been in his solo care for about 25 minutes.
'[Samuel] told the 999 operator that Miyah had woken from a nap ready for a bottle, that she "threw a fit" and got to the point where she had stopped breathing because she was crying so much.
'He said her breathing was staggered [and] was trying to cool the bottle down and picked her up and he started to give her the bottle.'
It was heard that in later police interviews, Samuel said baby Miyah was 'fussing' and he thought she was hungry.
Samuel said Miyah began to cry 'so he ran downstairs' to get her a bottle.
Ms Carberry said: 'When he returned Miyah had pushed her dummy out and was pushing her arms out and kicking her legs out and she was screaming.
'He said she was screaming in his ear and he said "Baby it's fine", and then said "I've looked at her, put her back on my chest and just a I'm shaking her, not shaking her, bobbing up and down with
