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Michael Howie

Drug user jailed for at least 24 years for ‘brutal’ murder of partner’s three-year-old son

Undated handout photo issued by West Midlands Police of Kemarni Watson Darby

(Picture: PA)

A violent drug-user who murdered his partner’s three-year-old son after inflicting more than 20 rib fractures during weeks of “horrendous” beatings has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years.

Birmingham Crown Court heard that the force used by Nathanial Pope on Kemarni Watson Darby was similar to that normally caused by a car crash.

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