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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Rachel Smith & Ellie Kemp

Dad found guilty of murdering his baby son in 'moment of madness'

A dad has been found guilty of murdering his baby son after violently shaking him in a 'moment of madness.'

Oliver Mailey, 26, shook his son eight-week-old Abel-Jax on at least two separate occasions before he died on November 30, 2021. On November 27, Mailey shook Abel with the 'force of a car accident', reports LancsLive.

Abel went limp and stopped breathing, so Mailey rang Abel's mum, Mollie Gorton, and her cousin, before calling an ambulance. The baby was taken to Blackburn Royal Hospital and later transferred to Manchester Children's Hospital.

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