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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. | 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 of three years and 329 days. | |
| 'Snatched from cot' | '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. | 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. | He was also banned indefinitely from working with children. |
| Troy Simpson's body was found dumped in a drain | Troy Simpson's body was found dumped in a drain |
| Birmingham Crown Court was told Troy was discovered a day after he was reported missing in February 2006 near his home in The Uplands. | Birmingham Crown Court was told Troy was discovered a day after he was reported missing in February 2006 near his home in The Uplands. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 'Significant risk' | 'Significant risk' |
| 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. | 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. |
| He added: "I am satisfied that you set out in the early hours of the morning with the object of doing something with or to Troy. | He added: "I am satisfied that you set out in the early hours of the morning with the object of doing something with or to Troy. |
| "Certainly this included secretly taking him from his cot. Your intention was to do something that you realised might cause him harm." | "Certainly this included secretly taking him from his cot. Your intention was to do something that you realised might cause him harm." |
| He added that an aggravating feature of the case was that "having killed Troy or having left him to die at the brook", Smith did nothing to help his family find him. | He added that an aggravating feature of the case was that "having killed Troy or having left him to die at the brook", Smith did nothing to help his family find him. |
| The judge said it was "quite clear" that he posed "a significant risk of serious harm both to children and to some extent to adults". | The judge said it was "quite clear" that he posed "a significant risk of serious harm both to children and to some extent to adults". |