An Ipswich man who deprived his infant stepson "of his most basic needs" while on a drug binge with the baby's mother has been jailed for eight and half years but could be released on parole next year.

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Eight-month-old Dexter Wilton died in June 2019 at his home in Raceview.

After a protracted police investigation, his mother Natalie Whitehead and her partner Andrew William Campbell were charged with murder.

Their charges were later downgraded to manslaughter, and last year Whitehead was jailed for nine years.

Boy suffered 'severe neglect'

Earlier this year Campbell, 45, pleaded guilty on what was supposed to be the first day of his Supreme Court trial.

On Wednesday he faced a sentencing hearing where the court heard the

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