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Evening Standard
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Sophie Robinson

Teenager who shook partner’s baby to death given indefinite sentence

Carl Alesbrook was sentenced on Friday (Derbyshire Constabulary/PA) - (PA Media)

A teenager has been handed an indefinite sentence after shaking his partner’s baby to death, causing “catastrophic” brain injuries, when he was 16 years old.

Carl Alesbrook, now aged 19, caused whiplash-type injuries, bleeding on the brain, and multiple bone fractures to four-month-old Elijah Shemwell seven weeks after meeting his mother in November 2021.

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