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| Father guilty of baby girl murder | |
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| A father from Cambridgeshire has been found guilty of murdering his seven-week-old daughter. | A father from Cambridgeshire has been found guilty of murdering his seven-week-old daughter. |
| Jurors at Ipswich Crown Court heard Leeya Akinrele suffered a skull fracture and bites to her face and hands before she died in December 2006. | Jurors at Ipswich Crown Court heard Leeya Akinrele suffered a skull fracture and bites to her face and hands before she died in December 2006. |
| Leeya's father, Olusola Akinrele, 34, of Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire, had denied murder. | |
| The child's mother, Kelly Inman, 22, also of Whittlesey, admitted allowing the baby's death. | |
| She was cleared of murder and causing the baby's death. | She was cleared of murder and causing the baby's death. |
| Death 'a tragedy' | |
| Felicity Schofield, chairman of Cambridgeshire Local Children's Safeguarding Board, said after the verdict was announced that a serious case review will take place. | |
| "The death of any child is a tragedy and our thoughts and sympathies are with everyone who knew Leeya during her brief life," she said. | |
| "The Local Safeguarding Children Board has initiated a serious case review which will look at the nature and circumstances surrounding her death and whether there is any learning for any agency or organisation in Cambridgeshire. | |
| "The review needs to take account of information arising from the trial, including the detailed medical evidence, and cannot be completed until after the end of the court proceedings. | |
| "The executive summary of the serious case review will be published when the review has been completed and has been evaluated by Ofsted." |