A father allegedly inflicted fatal injuries on his seven-week-old son because he did not have everything to change his nappy, a court was told today.
Sheffield Crown Court heard that Kieron Hutchinson suffered catastrophic brain damage after being left for just a short time with father Ian Hutchinson.
The court heard the baby suffered a 7.5cm skull fracture and was left with bleeding eyes following the attack - which the prosecution claimed was caused by an impact with a hard object and violent shaking.
The baby was rushed to Sheffield Children's hospital but died four days later after his ventilation system was switched off.
The alleged killing took place when Hutchinson's wife Rebecca, 21, was out with the defendant's mother Georgina at a supermarket to buy baby wipes.
Prosecutor Bryan Cox QC said: 'What precisely caused the defendant to inflict such serious injury to Kieron is not entirely clear.
'It may have been something as trivial as a sense of frustration that he'd been alone with Kieron without the wherewithal to change his nappy.'
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