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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Father shook his baby to death ‘with force of car crash’ then tried to blame child’s mother

Lancashire Police

A father who shook his eight-week-old baby boy to death before trying to blame the child’s mother has been jailed for life.

Oliver Mailey, 26, was given a minimum 16-year term in prison on Wednesday for the murder of seven-week-old Abel-Jax Mailey, following his “violent and horrific” attack.

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