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The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris

Parents of baby found with ‘catastrophic injuries’ went for cigarette as medics tried to save him, court hears

The outside of Bristol crown court.
Bristol crown court. Photograph: Andrew Michael/Alamy

The parents of a two-week-old boy found in his cot at a special care baby unit with “catastrophic injuries” walked out to have a cigarette as medics attempted to resuscitate him, a court has heard.

Brendon Staddon had suffered a shattered skull and broken neck, his injuries so severe they were compared to those of someone who had fallen from a high building, a jury at Bristol crown court was told.

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