A violent and controlling man who murdered his two-week-old son in a special care baby unit has been jailed for at least 20 years.

Daniel Gunter, 27, inflicted ‘catastrophic’ injuries on Brendon Staddon, whowas being cared for in Yeovil District Hospital after being born prematurely.

There was no part of Brendon’s tiny body that was not bruised or broken, with jurors told his skull had been shattered and his skin was badly marked from head to toe.

Among other injuries, he was later found to have a broken neck, a broken jaw, broken legs, broken ankles and broken wrists.

While shocked nurses carried Brendon’s ‘limp, lifeless body’ to the resuscitation area, Gunter and Brendon’s mum Sophie Staddon, 21, went outside to smoke.

Staddon was later cleared of murder and causing or allowing the

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