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Adam Stokes jailed for killing baby daughter Scarlett Adam Stokes jailed for killing baby daughter Scarlett
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A father who shook his nine-week-old daughter to death has been jailed for seven years.A father who shook his nine-week-old daughter to death has been jailed for seven years.
Adam Stokes, 33, shook Scarlett Stokes-Craig with "excessive force" at his home in Luton in January 2013, causing "appalling injuries".Adam Stokes, 33, shook Scarlett Stokes-Craig with "excessive force" at his home in Luton in January 2013, causing "appalling injuries".
Luton Crown Court heard she died in hospital 10 days later, when her life support was withdrawn.Luton Crown Court heard she died in hospital 10 days later, when her life support was withdrawn.
Stokes, who was convicted of manslaughter, was jailed at the Old Bailey by Mrs Justice McGowan. Stokes, who was convicted of manslaughter, was jailed at the Old Bailey by Mrs Justice Maura McGowan.
The trial heard heard Scarlett lost consciousness at Stokes' eighth floor flat in Runfold, having suffered a cardiac arrest. Mrs Justice McGowan told Stokes: "Whatever you did, it caused the death of Scarlett and you will have to live with the fact that you killed your daughter for the rest of your life."
She was taken to Luton and Dunstable Hospital and transferred within hours to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The trial heard Scarlett lost consciousness at Stokes' eighth floor flat in Runfold, having suffered a cardiac arrest.
She was taken to Luton and Dunstable Hospital with head injuries and then transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London the same day.
After staying in hospital for 10 days, life support was withdrawn on 24 January 2013.
'Lost your temper'
Experts concluded that her injuries had been a result of Stokes mishandling Scarlett.
Mrs Justice McGowan told Stokes: "On that morning something caused you to treat her with an unacceptable level of force. It is likely that you shook her having lost your temper for some reason."
The judge said she accepted that his violent attack was "brief" and "unintended" against the "placid" little baby.
But she told him: "Whilst what you did took only a matter of a moment you caused serious injury and, despite the care of Luton and Dunstable Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital, Scarlett sadly died.
"She was vulnerable and trusted to your care. She was your daughter and your duty was to protect and cherish her - in these few brief moments you failed."
The baby had been born with a birth defect but this had been rectified with surgery.
The judge said "there was no reason to think that she would not have grown up to be a happy little girl".
The court heard that Stokes had been happy about becoming a father and that he had usually had a loving relationship with the baby.