By GB News (World News) | Created at 2026-07-24 14:55:39 | Updated at 2026-08-08 17:57:45
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A father who murdered his newborn son in a moment of "pure violence" has been jailed for life.
Four-week-old Atticus Bartlett died in hospital after he collapsed at his Somerset home back on July 16 2022.
His father, Tony Bartlett, 39, of Axminster, Devon, was convicted of murder by a jury at Bristol Crown Court earlier this month.
Bartlett violently shook Atticus, causing severe internal injuries to the baby’s brain and spinal cord.
Mr Justice Cavanagh jailed Bartlett for life and ordered him to serve a minimum of 18 years behind bars.
He said Bartlett was "very drunk" at the time of the attack. He said: "I have no doubt that this terrible tragedy would not have happened if you were not so heavily intoxicated."
"In your drunken state, Atticus’s inability to take the bottle as well as you thought he should enraged you," the judge said.
"You had a sudden fit of anger. You vented that anger on your tiny baby son. You shook him very violently indeed, gripping him very tightly round his ribcage.
"This only lasted a few seconds or at most a minute or so. Just in that brief moment, you wanted to cause Atticus serious injury.
"As suddenly as you began, you stopped, your anger evaporated, and then you dozed off."
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