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Stephanie Wareham

Father of baby who died of catastrophic brain injury guilty of murder

Sean Jefferson was found guilty of murdering his five-week-old daughter Darcy-Leigh Jefferson (Staffordshire Police/PA) -

The father of a five-week-old baby who died of a “catastrophic” brain injury after suffering more than 40 rib fractures during repeated assaults has been found guilty of her murder.

Darcy-Leigh Jefferson also had fractures to both of her legs which were caused at different times during the 10 days before she died on March 29 2022, a seven-week trial at Stafford Crown Court heard.

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