He continued: “So how did it come to pass that you came to inflict such horrific and catastrophic injuries upon Huxley? The answer is revealed from searches recovered by the police on your mobile phone which you made before Huxley’s collapse, and which you accepted were carried out by you.
“These revealed that you had difficulties bonding with your baby, and his crying made you frustrated, especially at night, with such entries including ‘am I being too rough with my newborn’, ‘I get frustrated with my baby at night’, ‘my girlfriend keeps telling me I’m doing everything wrong with baby’ and ‘new father frustration’.
“Such frustration boiled over to anger on the night of 14 June 2022, whilst in sole charge of Huxley in the living room of your home.”
A CT scan at Royal Preston Hospital revealed bleeding in different parts of Huxley’s brain which raised suspicions of a shaking-type injury and he was transferred to the intensive care unit at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.