{"id":108513,"date":"2021-01-15T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=108513"},"modified":"2021-01-15T12:48:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:48:58","slug":"man-found-guilty-of-murdering-his-girlfriends-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/man-found-guilty-of-murdering-his-girlfriends-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found guilty of murdering his girlfriend&apos;s baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Man, 31, is found guilty of murdering his girlfriend&#8217;s 12-week-old son after baby suffered &#8216;catalogue&#8217; of injuries including fractured skull and bleed to the brain<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kane Mitchell inflicted violence on Teddie in November 2019 in Cambridgeshire<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mother Lucci Smith, 29, was also found guilty of neglect after four-week trial<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But she was acquitted on charges of causing or allowing death and serious injury<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mitchell and Smith will be sentenced on February 5 at Cambridge Crown Court\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/15\/11\/38042602-9150649-image-a-7_1610708540526.jpg\" height=\"494\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>A four-week trial at Cambridge Crown Court heard that Teddie, pictured, had suffered injuries consistent with being &#8216;gripped hard&#8217;, &#8216;shaken vigorously&#8217;, and &#8216;having his head struck against a hard surface&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A &#8216;violent man&#8217; has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend&#8217;s 12-week-old son after the baby was found with a &#8216;catalogue&#8217; of injuries, including a fractured skull and a bleed to the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Kane Mitchell, 31, inflicted violence on poor baby Teddie, who died in hospital\u00a0on November 11, 2019, after ten days on a life support machine.<\/p>\n<p>A four-week trial at Cambridge Crown Court heard that Teddie had suffered injuries consistent with being &#8216;gripped hard&#8217;, &#8216;shaken vigorously&#8217;, and &#8216;having his head struck against a hard surface&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell, who lived with Teddie&#8217;s mother Lucci Smith in St Neots, Cambs., was yesterday found guilty of murder, after a jury ruled he had inflicted the fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, 29, was also found guilty by the jury of neglect &#8211; but was acquitted on charges of causing or allowing death and serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>Cambridge Crown Court heard Mitchell and Smith had been in a relationship for about eight months and had lived together with baby Teddie.<\/p>\n<p>At 3pm on November 1, 2019, the ambulance service was called to Pattison Court, St Neots, where Teddie was found to be unresponsive and in cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Smith had left Teddie in the care of Mitchell that day while she did the morning school run.<\/p>\n<p>When she returned, she noticed the tot seemed lethargic and wouldn&#8217;t take his bottle.<\/p>\n<p>She later contacted a GP after Teddie&#8217;s condition deteriorated.<\/p>\n<p>They advised her to call 999 but she waited about half an hour before calling them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/15\/11\/38042634-9150649-Kane_Mitchell_who_lived_with_Teddie_s_mother_Lucci_Smith_in_St_N-a-23_1610710113456.jpg\" height=\"798\" width=\"633\"><\/p>\n<p>Kane\u00a0Mitchell, who lived with Teddie&#8217;s mother Lucci Smith in St Neots, Cambs., was yesterday found guilty of murder, after a jury ruled he had inflicted the fatal injuries<\/p>\n<p>Teddie was rushed to the Special Care Baby Unit at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, where doctors discovered he had a fractured skull and a significant bleed on the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Officers and medical staff were concerned about how Teddie received his injuries and Mitchell and Smith were both arrested at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Teddie was later transferred to Addenbrooke&#8217;s Hospital in Cambridge for a specialist neurology assessment and placed in intensive care on life support, where doctors concluded he would not recover.<\/p>\n<p>Medical staff kept Teddie stable on a life support machine, however, after ten days, a decision was made to withdraw the life support and Teddie passed away shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>A post mortem revealed he died as a result of his fractured skull and lack of oxygen to the brain.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, the jury were read statements from neighbours who said they had heard arguments coming from the address on a regular basis and that the household had been unsettled since Mitchell moved in.<\/p>\n<p>During police interview, Mitchell said he believed he was Teddie&#8217;s biological father.<\/p>\n<p>However, DNA results following the death revealed he was not.<\/p>\n<p>He could not explain how Teddie came to suffer his fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>During police interview, Smith claimed she and Mitchell were in a loving relationship and they rarely argued.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/01\/15\/11\/38042634-9150649-image-m-11_1610708610076.jpg\" height=\"745\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lucci\u00a0Smith, 29, was also found guilty by the jury of neglect &#8211; but was acquitted on charges of causing or allowing death and serious injury<\/p>\n<p>She also couldn&#8217;t explain how Teddie came to have his fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The jury deliberated for two days following the four-week trial before reaching a verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell and Smith will be sentenced on February 5 at Cambridge Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Inspector Lucy Thomson, from the Beds Cambs and Herts Major Crime Unit, said: &#8216;This is a tragic and terrible case in which an 11-week-old baby lost his life at the hands of a person who should have been there to protect him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our investigation found that Teddie had suffered multiple injuries during his short life which neither Mitchell or Smith could account for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The verdict won&#8217;t bring Teddie back, but it does bring some justice for what he endured.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9150649\/Man-guilty-murdering-girlfriends-son-baby-catalogue-injuries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man, 31, is found guilty of murdering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":108512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man found guilty of murdering his 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