A remorseless killer who assaulted a baby and then tried to blame the boy’s mother for the death will be behind bars for at least nine years and six months.

Benjamin Joseph Swann, 31, gritted his teeth and looked straight ahead as Victorian Supreme Court Justice James Gorton handed down a 13-year sentence on Thursday morning, with a minimum parole period of 9½ years.

Swann pleaded guilty to child homicide, admitting he deliberately caused a blunt-force trauma to baby Elijah’s head at a Werribee home while frustrated and angry.

He had gone into Elijah’s room to settle the crying infant at about 4am on January 19, 2024, when the boy’s mother, Elyce, heard a loud bang.

Swann returned to the bedroom carrying Elijah and told Elyce to “take this f---ing baby” before he left to make up a bott

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