Dad crushed baby's skull then went out for a cigarette as nurses fought to save him

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An evil dad "crushed" the skull of his own newborn son before heading outside for a cigarette, ‌

Premature baby Brendon Statton was just two weeks old when his father Daniel Gunter attacked him in his cot at Yeovil District Hospital's special care baby unit in Somerset, inflicting "catastrophic injuries" to his head, neck, legs and jaw. ‌

Nurses were said to be working just five metres away when he carried out the despicable act, breaking the baby's neck in an unthinkable rampage. ‌

Gunter, 27, denied harming the vulnerable infant on March 5 last year, but was ultimately convicted of murder following a three-week trial. Today, Gunter has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 20 years, with details of his crime sparking horror almo