Father who violently shake his own baby to death jailed

Jordan Saxton  receives 9yrs jail sentence after he violently shake his 11-week-old son leaving the baby with a catastrophic brain injury and 18 fractures. Jordan Saxton, 22, had been left with baby Jayden for just 90 minutes when he attacked his son, damaging his head, legs and ribs, and blinding him because of damage he caused to blood vessels in the child’s eyes.

Jordan Saxton was charged with  manslaughter  and  was later convicted and jailed for nine years.
The jury was told by paramedics giving evidence that the injuries would have required “considerable force”, similar to that of a high-speed car crash. The boy died two days after the attack in November last year. Throughout the trial Saxton maintained his innocence and said he had been feeding his son at their home when he began to choke and stopped breathing. However, doctors and paramedics saw no evidence of choking or food caught in his throat.

The prosecutor said the mother said she left the house  with no bruise on baby was no bruise on Jayden and that he was behaving normally. Giving evidence, the boy’s mother said Saxton cheated on her while she was pregnant but was a “changed man” who doted on his first-born son. She said she had no concerns over the way Saxton handled or looked after Jayden before his death.