US EditionDaniel Gunter guilty of murdering his two-week-old baby son in hospital
YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL, SOMERSET, JUL 24 – Daniel Gunter was convicted of murdering his two-week-old son who suffered multiple blunt force injuries at Yeovil District Hospital's special care baby unit, court heard.
- At Bristol Crown Court on July 24, the jury announced their verdict, convicting Daniel Gunter of murdering his two-week-old son.
- On March 5 last year, Brendon was found in his cot at Yeovil District Hospital, and post-mortem identified non-accidental blunt force head impacts, Charles Row KC said.
- Bristol Crown Court heard Gunter walked out for a cigarette after jurors were told of the `sheer brutality`, including multiple fractures, by prosecutor Charles Row KC.
- Sophie Staddon was cleared of causing the death; the judge remanded Gunter into custody saying `Daniel Gunter you have been found guilty of murder,`; Gunter faces sentencing later.
- Looking ahead, a Child Safeguarding Practice Review is underway with multiple agencies, and Ch Insp Nadine Partridge called Gunter's actions `evil`, with findings due this autumn.
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Daniel Gunter, 27, was found guilty of having inflicted many injuries on his child, including a fractured skull, a fractured neck, a fractured jaw and broken legs.
Daniel Gunter, 27, went into the hospital and killed his two-week-old son. After the murder, he went outside to smoke a cigarette, The Mirror reports. – I would never hurt my little boy, he says, according to the newspaper.
Moment dad who murdered newborn in hospital smokes cig as docs fight to save tot
THIS is the chilling moment a dad who murdered his two-week-old son casually went outside to smoke a cigarette as medics battled to save the tot’s life. Daniel Gunter, 25, inflicted catastrophic injuries on his young son, Brendon, akin to falling from a high-rise building, after smashing his head against a wall in a hospital’s special baby unit. UnpixsThe monster casually went to smoke after inflicting devastating injuries to the tot[/caption] N…
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