A father who violently shook his four-week-old son after drinking up to nine pints of beer has been found guilty of murder. Tony Bartlett, 39, was convicted at Bristol Crown Court of killing baby Atticus at the family home in Chard, Somerset, in July 2022, just a month after the child was born.
The jury heard that Atticus suffered 'catastrophic' injuries while alone with his father after the couple's first night out since the baby's birth. Bartlett, a former postman from Axminster in Devon, denied harming his son, but medical experts said the force used was comparable to a high-speed car crash or a fall from height, and jurors concluded he was responsible.
