A woman and man have been jailed for a total of more than 15 years after their 8-week-old baby girl was found with over 60 fractured bones in her body.

Naomi Johnson, 24 of Octavia Street, Battersea and Benjamin O'Shea, 26 of Dominion Drive, Southwark were sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Friday, 28 January.

Johnson and O'Shea's offending came to light following the death of their 8-week-old baby girl, Amina-Faye.

Amina-Faye died April, 26 2019.

Johnson and O'Shea called 999 but there was nothing paramedics could do to save the child's life.

O'Shea initially told paramedics that the day before Amina-Faye's tragic death he had taken her to the GP for a routine visit and she had seemed fine upon returning home.

O'Shea then said the next morning, the day of the baby's death, she had woken and seemed grumpy, he then gave her some paracetamol and 20 minutes later had found her unresponsive which is when paramedics were called.

There were no observable injuries and the cause of death was originally thought to be Sudden Unexplained Death in Infants but during the first regular post mortem, skeletal X-rays showed a catalogue of injuries.

Amina-Faye was found with over 60 fractured bones in her body.

Radiologists found the multiple fractures were highly indicative that Amina-Faye had suffered continued physical abuse.

Some of the fractures had begun to heal while others were recent, which suggested that over the course of her short life, Amina-Faye was subject to multiple episodes of abuse.

Although a special post-mortem was carried out, no cause of death could be established.

Police trawled through the text messages exchanged between the pair as part of their investigation.

O'Shea boasted of his military service when in reality he had been a reservist for a couple of years.

He made numerous calls to NHS 111 between 2016 and 2019 referring to his self-diagnosed PTSD and his aggression issues.

During their search detectives also found a call to NHS 111 from April 1, 2019 from Johnson where she reported Amina-Faye had been coughing blood.

When the doctor phoned back and spoke to O'Shea to advice him to take the baby to hospital, O'Shea failed to tell Johnson and the child was not taken to the hospital.

The pair were also found guilty of cruelty to a person under 16 years of age in relation to a separate child.

Detectives found texts between the pair, in relation to the second child, where they both admit slapping the child and treating them poorly.

Johnson said she slapped the child three times and then only giving the child water at dinner.

O'Shea, in another text to Johnson, discussed his difficulty keeping calm after the child knocked over a drink in a fast food restaurant.

Johnson was sentenced to seven years and two months in prison.

O'Shea was sentenced to eight yeas and eight months in prison.

DI Pressley continued: "Johnson and O'Shea have rightly been jailed for the monstrous abuse they subjected these children to.

"Throughout our investigation Johnson and O'Shea have been steadfast in their refusal to answer our questions.

"Thanks to the expertise of doctors who assisted us in this case, we know the trauma Amina-Faye suffered in her all too short life.

Johnson and O'Shea betrayed everything that children deserve from adults."

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