Jealous teen who shook premature baby to death & branded him a ‘c***’ as cruel mum turned a blind eye to abuse is jailed

A JEALOUS teen who murdered his ex-girlfriend's premature babe lad arsenic she turned a unsighted oculus to his fearfulness maltreatment has been jailed.

Carl Alesbrook shook four-month-old Elijah Shemwell connected astatine slightest 3 abstracted occasions conscionable weeks aft gathering his mum India.

The baby, who had been calved premature, suffered whiplash-type injuries astatine the monster's hands - including rib and limb fractures and encephalon damage.

Alesbrook, 19, has present been jailed for beingness with a minimum of 14 years aft being convicted of murder.

Mum Shemwell, 23, was sentenced to 3 years aft admitting 2 counts of kid cruelty.

This included the information she did not dial exigency services much rapidly aft Elijah became unwell.

Alesbrook, who was 16 astatine the time, had been "consumed by jealousy" implicit Shemwell's narration with the baby's dada arsenic the brace remained "sexually involved".

On 1 occasion, helium sent chilling Snapchat messages to Shemwell portion looking aft Elijah alone.

He wrote: "He is being a c***, helium keeps spitting it out. He doesn’t request changing either, I checked 10 minutes ago."

Days aboriginal connected January 2, 2022, Shemwell phoned 999 to study she had returned location to find her lad "pale and limp".

After Elijah had been taken to hospital, Alesbrook, who was “high” on cannabis at the time, texted his mum saying helium was “absolutely f****d”.

A station mortem revealed the babe had been shaken connected astatine slightest 2 erstwhile occasions, which caused encephalon harm and rib and limb fractures.

The fatal onslaught caused Elijah to endure catastrophic caput injuries aft helium was violently shaken.

A pathologist recovered the babe had besides either been deed successful the look oregon stuck "against a surface".

Prosecutor Vanessa Marshall KC said Shemwell was a "thoroughly inadequate parent to Elijah" but had not caused his death.

The mum would permission Elijah "unattended and isolated" successful different country for ample periods of clip portion she smoked cannabis.

Ms Marshall added: "But wherever her neglect was the astir manifest and yet led to Elijah’s decease was that connected excessively galore occasions, she near her four-month aged baby, successful the sole attraction of this defendant, who connected immoderate view, arsenic a 16-year-old lad, with little, if any, acquisition of looking after babies, should not person been fixed specified a responsibility."

DCI Greg McGill, who led the investigation into the Elijah’s death, said: “Carl Alesbrook, for reasons that lone helium knows, decided to shingle Elijah, causing him a fatal encephalon injury.

“While lone 16 astatine the clip of the incident, helium tin person had nary uncertainty astir the perchance deadly unit helium was utilizing connected Elijah.

“Elijah’s last hours would person been unbelievably achy and, arsenic a father, it is inconceivable however anyone could behave successful specified a mode to a defenceless kid of conscionable 4 months.

“While lone Alesbrook is liable for Elijah’s decease – India Shemwell was a rather simply appalling parent who was much acrophobic with her intersexual relationships and cause taking than ensuring the information of her child.

“In leaving Elijah with Alesbrook, a teen who she hardly knew, she abandoned her relation arsenic his protector, and she indispensable present realise the consequences of her actions.”