OMG! Dad Punched 16-day-old Baby To Death [ Photos ]

A dad who murdered his 16-day-old baby daughter by "repeatedly punching" or "slamming" her during a sickening attack at their home has been jailed for 25 years.

Matthew Higham, 23, from Stockport, pleaded guilty to killing Florence Liberty Mae Higham at Preston Crown Court on the first day of his trial. 

Prosecutor Mr Gordon Cole QC said the little girl had received "extensive injuries" at the hands of her father.

A pathologist said it could not be ruled out that he infant was also kicked or stamped on.

Florence was taken to Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport but was pronounced dead at 8.38pm on July 29 last year.

The court was told that Higham had been looking after the baby while Florence's mother Sharon Collins visited a sick relative in hospital.

Mr Cole said that Higham was to make an emergency 999 call at 8.06pm saying that his daughter was "bleeding out of her nose, mouth and ears" but denied that Florence had sustained any trauma while with him.

He initially described to police how Florence had begun to bleed as he fed her, before stopping breathing.

Higham has maintained that he has no account of what happened or how he caused the injuries which included multiple skull and rib fractures, facial injuries and bruising, resulting in acute brain damage.

She also suffered internal injuries and organ damage including a lacerated liver.

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