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| Man jailed over baby manslaughter | Man jailed over baby manslaughter |
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| A man who abducted and killed his girlfriend's six-month-old boy and dumped him in a drain has been jailed. | A man who abducted and killed his girlfriend's six-month-old boy and dumped him in a drain has been jailed. |
| Sherwain McCoy Smith, 21, of Arden Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, was cleared of murdering Troy Simpson, but found guilty of manslaughter in March. | Sherwain McCoy Smith, 21, of Arden Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, was cleared of murdering Troy Simpson, but found guilty of manslaughter in March. |
| The baby's body was found by police inside a plastic bag in a culvert near a brook in Smethwick near his home. | |
| Smith was given an indefinite jail term and told he must serve a minimum term of three years and 329 days. | Smith was given an indefinite jail term and told he must serve a minimum term of three years and 329 days. |
| 'Snatched from cot' | |
| Mr Justice Gibbs, sitting at London's Royal Courts of Justice, told Smith he could then apply to the parole board for release. | |
| He was also banned indefinitely from working with children. | |
| The boy was discovered a day after he was reported missing in February 2006. | The boy was discovered a day after he was reported missing in February 2006. |
| Birmingham Crown Court heard how Troy's body was found near his home in The Uplands, hours after he was snatched from his cot as he slept. | |
| The defendant - who at the time believed he was the boy's father - had denied any involvement, claiming he had not left his flat on the night Troy disappeared. | The defendant - who at the time believed he was the boy's father - had denied any involvement, claiming he had not left his flat on the night Troy disappeared. |
| Traces of pollen | |
| Forensic evidence suggested Smith had dumped the baby's body, although medical experts were not able to show how Troy had died. | Forensic evidence suggested Smith had dumped the baby's body, although medical experts were not able to show how Troy had died. |
| A DNA profile obtained from the roll the bin liner was believed to have come from matched that of Smith. | A DNA profile obtained from the roll the bin liner was believed to have come from matched that of Smith. |
| Traces of pollen and soil from the brook also matched those found on his clothes and trainers. | Traces of pollen and soil from the brook also matched those found on his clothes and trainers. |
| Mr Justice Gibbs told Smith: "This is a case in which you are perhaps the only person who will ever know the precise truth about what happened to Troy." |