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Father jailed for baby's murder 'Psychopathic' baby killer jailed
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A father has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 16 years for murdering his seven-week-old daughter who died in hospital. A father who "used his baby as a tool to avoid deportation" has been jailed for life for her murder, and must serve a minimum of 16 years.
Olusola Akinrele, 34, was sentenced at the Old Bailey for killing baby Leeya, found with broken bones and bite wounds to her face and hands. Olusola Akinrele, 34, was sentenced at the Old Bailey for killing seven-week-old baby Leeya, who died in December 2006 with a catalogue of injuries.
Akinrele, of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, had denied murder. Nigerian Akinrele, who lived in Cambridgeshire, denied murder. The court heard he had overstayed his visa.
Leeya died in December 2006, when a life-support machine was turned off after 12 days in Ipswich Hospital. A judge ordered his automatic deportation on completion of his term.
Over three weeks before the fatal incident she received 22 broken ribs, a fractured skull and a fractured thigh, the Old Bailey heard. Leeya died in Ipswich Hospital when a life-support machine was turned off 12 days after ambulance staff found her apparently lifeless body in her Whittlesey home.
Judge Philip Clegg said: "When she was not asleep, Leeya must have been in excruciating pain." The court heard more than three weeks before, Leeya had suffered 22 broken ribs, a fractured skull and a fractured thigh.
Judge Clegg said: "When she was not asleep, Leeya must have been in excruciating pain."
It is to be expected that any child should look to its parent for protection. What you did to Leeya was a terrible breach of trust Judge Philip CleggIt is to be expected that any child should look to its parent for protection. What you did to Leeya was a terrible breach of trust Judge Philip Clegg
Akinrele, a Nigerian, had "little or no interest in his daughter", he said. Akinrele had "little or no interest in his daughter", he said.
"You simply saw her birth as something which might help you avoid deportation," the judge told the killer. Akinrele entered the UK on a student visa in 1997 but failed to return to Nigeria when that expired in 2001.
"You simply saw her birth as something which might help you avoid deportation," the judge told him.
He said Akinrele saw his daughter's "incessant crying" as an "irritant".
Akinrele was described in a psychiatric report as "a manipulative individual with psychopathic traits".Akinrele was described in a psychiatric report as "a manipulative individual with psychopathic traits".
He was convicted of murder by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court and faces automatic deportation on completing his sentence. He was convicted of murder by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court.
The baby's mother Kelly Inman, 22, pleaded guilty to allowing her death earlier in the original trial and was cleared of murder. The baby's mother, Kelly Inman, 22, previously pleaded guilty to allowing her death and was cleared of murder.
Akinrele had no interest in his daughter and harboured psychopathic traits Judge Philip Clegg said Akinrele had "little or no interest in his daughter"
She received a total sentence of five years, having also been convicted of a separate fraud charge.She received a total sentence of five years, having also been convicted of a separate fraud charge.
She had called 999 after Akinrele's final attack on their daughter who underwent checks by midwives and a health visitor after her birth without raising concern. She had called 999 after Akinrele's final attack on their daughter, carried out in what the judge described as "a sudden flash of temper".
The court heard the baby had undergone checks by midwives and a health visitor in the two-and-a-half weeks after her birth and her condition had not raised concern.
The judge found the injuries she sustained later represented at least three separate attacks.The judge found the injuries she sustained later represented at least three separate attacks.
He said that Leeya must have been shaken and "come into forceful contact with something hard" at least once.He said that Leeya must have been shaken and "come into forceful contact with something hard" at least once.
Severe force had been applied to her right leg and she had also been bitten.Severe force had been applied to her right leg and she had also been bitten.
"The (final) attack must have taken the form of either violent shaking or throwing the child down hard." On December 18 2006, Akinrele was alone upstairs with his daughter when he carried out the attack which killed her.
"The [final] attack must have taken the form of either violent shaking or throwing the child down hard."
He told Akinrele: "Your victim could not have been more vulnerable.He told Akinrele: "Your victim could not have been more vulnerable.
"It is to be expected that any child should look to its parent for protection. What you did to Leeya was a terrible breach of trust.""It is to be expected that any child should look to its parent for protection. What you did to Leeya was a terrible breach of trust."
Gail Adams, from the UK Border Agency, said: "This was a terrible crime and we will seek to deport Akinrele following completion of his sentence."