Evil stepdad who shook baby to death then claimed tot choked on Hobnob after horrific 7 month abuse campaign is jailed

A SADISTIC stepdad who shook a babe to decease earlier claiming the tot choked connected a Hobnob has been jailed for murder.

Charlie Roberts was attacked with specified "devastating" unit that his encephalon moved successful his skull - causing "irreparable damage".

The one-year-old had been subjected to a seven-month maltreatment run astatine the hands of stepdad Christopher Stockton.

Tragically, Charlie's mum Paula Roberts turned a unsighted oculus to the maltreatment and near her lad unsocial with the monster.

Stockton, 38, has present been jailed for beingness aft being convicted of murder.

Mum Roberts, 41, was sentenced aft pleading blameworthy to kid neglect.

On January 12, a "sleep-deprived" Stockton was near to look aft Charlie unsocial astatine location successful Darlington.

This was contempt the mum being truthful "concerned" astir her babe and spouse that she installed a spy camera successful a works cookware supra his cot.

Shortly aft the brace were near alone, Stockton called 999 claiming Charlie had choked connected a cocoa Hobnob - though thing was recovered successful his airways.

In chilling 999 call, the brute was heard begging Charlie to aftermath up.

The stepdad told the relation Charlie was "barely" breathing and is "really floppy".

He past pleaded "come on" 3 times to the injured baby, earlier adding 1 last time: "Ok travel on, Charlie".

Stockton was truthful "incredibly calm" during the telephone that a elder medic astatine archetypal thought it was a mendacious alarm.

Even aft his arrest, the evil stepdad continued to dispersed a web of lies implicit however Charlie was injured.

He again claimed the tot had choked connected the biscuit portion crawling done a play tunnel.

Chilling footage showed Stockton describing with his hands however helium attempted to assistance Charlie portion being interviewed by police.

The court was told Charlie's horrific injuries were truthful "devastating" helium apt would person collapsed "almost immediately".

He tragically couldn't beryllium saved and died successful infirmary the pursuing day.

Medics could find nary underlying health conditions, which led them to judge his origin of decease was the "application of terrible force" that caused "his caput to rotate oregon beryllium thrown about".

It past emerged that unit astatine Charlie's nursery had antecedently raised concerns erstwhile they noticed bruising connected the tot.

Social services were besides called aft helium was rushed to infirmary with marks to his ear, oculus and caput but nary enactment was taken.

Jurors heard the babe had injuries to his genitals that were apt to person been caused by a "violent pulling force".

Roberts' member besides noticed marks connected some of his ears but the mum claimed helium had been sleep-walking.

Dominic Tate of CPS North East said: "Our thoughts stay with the begetter of Charlie Roberts, for who this indispensable stay a peculiarly hard time.

"We sincerely anticipation that helium tin instrumentality immoderate measurement of comfortableness from today’s condemnation of Christopher Stockton implicit the decease of his son."