A postman who battered his girlfriend's toddler to death by grabbing him and throwing him to the floor after months of sickening abuse has today been jailed for nine years.
Scott Coombe, 24, abused 18-month-old Andrew Cawker for months while the boy's mum Tamika Beaton, 25, turned a blind eye to the injuries he was causing to her son.
But the mum, who denied but was convicted of child cruelty, was today spared jail by a judge, despite refusing to explain what had happened.
