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Man found guilty of murdering 13-week-old baby
Jurors found Wharmby guilty after medical experts said Hunter’s head injuries matched a violent impact and investigators uncovered false accounts of the baby’s final hours.
- On Thursday, October 29, 2026, a jury at Canterbury Crown Court convicted 24-year-old Tyla Wharmby of murdering 12-week-old Hunter Hodges following a majority verdict on both murder and grievous bodily harm with intent.
- The fatal incident occurred on July 15, 2022, while Wharmby—who was not the biological father—cared for the infant overnight at their Margate home as Shannon Hodges slept.
- Medical experts told the court Hunter suffered a 'severe direct impact' akin to a 'high speed motorcycle collision or a multi-level fall,' with post-mortem examinations revealing an older brain bleed up to five weeks prior.
- Digital evidence showed Wharmby watched pornography three minutes before emergency services were alerted; jurors rejected his claim that he handed the unharmed child to Hodges, reaching guilty verdicts after 15 hours and 19 minutes of deliberation.
- Wharmby will be sentenced at a later date by Mrs Justice Foster, with Detective Inspector Adam Marshall stating the verdict provides 'some measure of accountability' for the grieving family.
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A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend's 13-week-old baby in Kent.Tyla Wharmby, of Prestedge Avenue in Ramsgate, was found to have caused the death of Hunter Hodges following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court. Wharmby denied the charges against him, but was found guilty of murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent by a majority jury verdict yesterday, October 29. The 24-year-old will be sentenced at a later date. TREN…
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right3Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Center, 37% Right
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- 38% of the sources are Center, 37% of the sources lean Right
38% Center
L 25%
C 38%
R 37%
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