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Southampton baby murder: Father Doulton Phillips guilty | Southampton baby murder: Father Doulton Phillips guilty |
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A teenage father who killed his baby son has been found guilty of murder. | A teenage father who killed his baby son has been found guilty of murder. |
Seven-week-old Reggie Phillips died after being taken to hospital with a fractured skull from his mother's flat in Southampton, in the early hours of 11 February. | Seven-week-old Reggie Phillips died after being taken to hospital with a fractured skull from his mother's flat in Southampton, in the early hours of 11 February. |
Doulton Phillips, 17, bit the child on the nose and had taken ecstasy and drank vodka shortly before the murder, Winchester Crown Court heard. | |
He was remanded in custody for sentencing at a later date. | He was remanded in custody for sentencing at a later date. |
The baby's 19-year-old mother, Alannah Skinner, was found guilty of failing to protect the child and of failing to summon help. | |
She wept after the verdicts were read out in court and is due to be sentenced on Friday. | |
The trial was told neighbours heard "blood-curdling or painful screaming" in the early hours of 11 February. | The trial was told neighbours heard "blood-curdling or painful screaming" in the early hours of 11 February. |
'Indescribable pain' | 'Indescribable pain' |
An ambulance was not called until Skinner sought help from a neighbour at 04:30, the jury was told. The baby died two hours later. | |
Reggie was bitten on the nose and violently shaken or swung in the attack. | Reggie was bitten on the nose and violently shaken or swung in the attack. |
Phillips had inflicted injuries including fractures to the ribs, leg and collarbone in the days leading up to the baby's death, the court heard. | |
Prosecutors said Reggie would have suffered "indescribable distress and pain" from a spiral fracture of the left leg. | |
Jurors were also told that Phillips pushed the baby's mother to the ground after an argument, injuring her face, whilst she was pregnant. | Jurors were also told that Phillips pushed the baby's mother to the ground after an argument, injuring her face, whilst she was pregnant. |
Each defendant told the court Reggie fell off the sofa on to the floor while in the care of the other. | |
Skinner told the court she did not witness the fatal injury to her son and that he did not appear to need urgent medical help. | |
A serious case review by Southampton Safeguarding Children Board is now in progress following the death. |