A dad, whose kiss led to the death of his baby son, launched a vile attack on his ex partner after spiralling into a self-destructive life of drink and drugs.
Carl Maclaren, 44, blamed himself after he unwittingly passed on the cold sore virus, herpes simplex, to his premature infant who died of multiple organ failure aged just two months in 2012. A court heard on Wednesday, October 5, that he had trouble coming to terms with the death of Kaiden, whose life support system was switched off after he struggled for six weeks in hospital.
During the first covid lockdown Maclaren began drinking heavily again which was the beginning of the end of his relationship with his partner, his children’s mum, Marie Clare McCormick. Liverpool Crown Court was told that he broke into her home, following the end of their 12-year-old relationship earlier this year, while she was resting on her bed upstairs on the afternoon on May 11.
