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| Stephen Ward guilty of killing baby son Jordan | |
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| A who father killed his nine-month-old son by violently shaking him and causing "catastrophic injuries", has been jailed for eight years. | |
| Stephen Ward was found guilty of the 2014 manslaughter of his son Jordan by inflicting injuries at the family home in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. | Stephen Ward was found guilty of the 2014 manslaughter of his son Jordan by inflicting injuries at the family home in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. |
| Bristol Crown Court was told medical tests showed Jordan's injuries could not have been inflicted by accident. | |
| Ward was said to have a history of losing his temper when Jordan cried. | |
| The baby's mother, Paula Watts, told the court she once heard Ward slap Jordan when he was crying but he had told her he had just "tapped" their son. | |
| Ms Watts said she confronted Ward about Jordan's injuries after the baby had been admitted to hospital. | |
| She said: "I asked him to look me in the eyes and swear on my life that he hadn't done anything. He said he hadn't." |