AMPUTEE BABY'S PARENTS BAG TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT
"The force to break the bones of baby Tony would have needed to have been vigorous.... caused by sudden twisting and yanking."
He said he could see "no remorse" in either of them and added: "When eventually you took your baby to the GP at midday it's not exaggeration to say that he was almost at the door of death.
"He has suffered truly life-changing injuries, a missing hip joint, he is deaf in one ear and both his legs have been amputated."
He told Smith that by waiting for a plumber instead of going to the doctors immediately "you failed to protect your baby's needs".
He said to Simpson: "You told the jury of your love for Mr Smith, even after these events you remained in a relationship with him.Smith has 11 previous convictions, including burglary and one offence occasioning actual bodily harm, while Simpson was convicted five times for shoplifting and burglary in 2017.
The court heard they lived together in a tent in Canterbury before moving to a flat in Maidstone.
Tony Smith Jr has now been adopted and is growing up happy, the court heard.
"You put your relationship with Tony Smith before the care for your baby."
Photo of baby Tony recuperating:
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