Jake Drummond has been jailed at the Old Bailey for life with a minimum term of 32 years for a “sadistic” campaign of abuse culminating in the murder of 15-month-old Jacob Lennon. The victim’s mother Louise Lennon, 32, was jailed for 10 years for allowing Jacob’s death.
Drug addict Jake Drummond, 33, fatally shook and hit 15-month-old Jacob Lennon early on August 27 2019, leaving him with a face like a “panda”, the Old Bailey heard. In the weeks before, Jacob suffered yet more injuries to his face, body and genitals while the boy’s mother Louise Lennon, 32, failed to stop it, jurors were told.
Five days before the killing, Drummond sent her a sinister message saying he was putting Jacob into the “torture chamber” in reference to his bedroom, jurors heard. It followed a meme of the Hollywood actor Ben Stiller in the film Happy Gilmore with the quote: “Now you will go to sleep or I will put you to sleep.”
