Nottingham dead baby trial dad told police of spasm

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A murder suspect described as a "dead good" father told police his baby son "just spasmed" shortly before he died.

Two-month-old Eden Robinson's body was found by paramedics lying in the bedroom of Easton Robinson's flat in Nottingham on 8 November 2014.

Nottingham Crown Court heard a police statement in which Mr Robinson said his son's eyes had gone wide and hands had shaken as if having a fit.

Mr Robinson, 39, of Wasnidge Walk, St Ann's, has denied murder.

In the statement, Mr Robinson said his son looked "like he had seen a ghost".

'Just lifeless'

"His whole body has just spasmed, his eyes have gone really wide, his hands were shaking like he was having a fit.

"Then his body has just flopped. At this point, I'm like 'Eden, Eden, Eden, Eden'.

"He was not making any noise. That's when his body just flopped, just lifeless."

Asked whether he had deliberately inflicted any injures upon Eden, he replied "no", the jury was told.

Brain damage

The court heard Mr Robinson attempted to ring the emergency services but dialled a number that led to an answering machine.

He then rang the baby's mother, Clare Mellors, who summoned paramedics to the scene.

Under cross-examination by defence QC Ben Nolan, Ms Mellors confirmed she said Mr Robinson was a "dead good" father in her statement to police.

"He handled him really gently and talked to him nicely and gave him so much love and kisses," the statement said.

Earlier the court had heard details of at least 23 separate areas of injury dating back as long as six weeks prior to Eden's collapse.

These included extensive brain damage, bleeding inside both eyes, bruising to the face, chest and leg, along with fractures to his right leg and two ribs.

The trial continues.