Harrowing moment stepdad repeatedly begs ‘come on Charlie’ in 999 call after he ‘shook baby to death in abuse campaign’

THIS is the harrowing infinitesimal a stepdad begged "come connected Charlie" successful a 999 telephone aft shaking a babe to death, a tribunal heard.

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

The one-year-old was successful the sole attraction of stepdad Christopher Stockton astatine the clip of the horror, Teesside Crown Court heard.

But successful the 7 months starring to his death, small Charlie was allegedly subjected to a run of maltreatment astatine the hands of Stockton and his mum Paula Roberts.

In audio footage released by prosecutors today, Stockton was heard begging the babe to aftermath up successful a haunting 999 call.

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

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

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

Air ambulance doc Michael Davison said: "Normally erstwhile a telephone comes done similar that there's astir an constituent of anguish... primeval. 

"There's conscionable this benignant of power that comes retired of the voice and it conscionable wasn't similar that."

On January 12, a "sleep-deprived" Stockton, 38, was near to look aft Charlie by Roberts astatine their 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, it was said.

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

Nicholas Lumley KC, prosecuting, said: "Christopher Stockton was unsocial successful the location with Charlie.

“In a precise abbreviated clip - for that is each it takes to suffer one’s temper - helium indispensable person assaulted Charlie by shaking oregon throwing him with sizeable force.

“What happened to Charlie erstwhile his parent had closed the doorway connected him was nary accident. Much arsenic it whitethorn person been rapidly and bitterly regretted, it was nary accident.”

The tribunal 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 was said.

Jurors heard antecedently that unit astatine his nursery had raised concerns erstwhile they noticed bruising connected the tot.

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

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 Roberts, 41, claimed helium had been sleep-walking.

Mr Lumley said: “The prosecution lawsuit is that determination are simply excessively galore incidents of bruising for it not to person been the effect of neglect.

“Anyone surviving with Charlie and caring for Charlie successful those circumstances bears work for that neglect.”

Stockton denies execution and kid neglect, portion Roberts has pleaded not blameworthy to a complaint of neglect.

The proceedings continues.