Police bodycam and interview footage have revealed how a teenage baby killer smirked as he was questioned by police and called cops ‘boring’ in video that helped convict him.
COURT RULING
Carl Alesbrook, who is now 19, will be given a mandatory life sentence for shaking four-month-old baby Elijah Shemwell to death in January 2022.
When he was 16, Alesbrook shook his then-partner’s son so violently he suffered ‘catastrophic’ brain injuries and broken bones.
Alesbrook, from Matlock in Derbyshire, denied causing any harm to Elijah but was unanimously convicted of both murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent by the jury at Derby Crown Court on July 11.Â
HOW IT HAPPENED
Video of his initial contact with police and later interviews showed Alesbrook admitting to leaving the baby unsupervised and taking drugs before he was meant to look after the tiny tot.
He was often looking after Elijah while the baby’s mother, India Shemwell, was at work.Â
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COURT HEARD
Shemwell, who is now 23, was described during her ex-partner’s trial as ‘a thoroughly inadequate mother’ who both generally and specifically neglected Elijah and failed to seek prompt medical attention for him on both January 1 and 2, 2022.
Alesbrook’s violent outbursts caused little Elijah bleeding on the brain, whiplash-type injuries and multiple bone fractures between November 2021 and January 2022.
He said defenceless Elijah Shemwell was ‘being a little c***’ and complained that the baby kept spitting his dummy out.
Once 999 was eventually called on January 2, Elijah was taken by paramedics to hospital where he died three days later on January 5.
The jury also saw CCTV of Shemwell visiting a shop and buying milk and Coca-Cola on the night of the fatal assault.
