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16/01/2013
21-Year-Old Father Jailed For Death Of Child
A young father has been jailed for three years and eight months for the killing of his three-month-old son.
The court heard that 21-year-old Stephen Coukham, of Truro, Cornwall, lost his temper with the crying baby, Tyrone, after going to change him in the flat he shared with the child's mother, Kerry Marriott.
Coukham, who was 18 at the time, initially claimed that the child slipped through his hands and that he threw him into the air to try to revive him after he stopped breathing.
He denied murder but admitted manslaughter.
Jailing Coukham, Mrs Justice Sharp told him: "The precise sequence of events that led to Tyrone's death will never be known. But you lost your temper because he was crying or wouldn't stop crying.
"Then in a fit of temper you shook him hard, or threw him down on a soft surface, actions that were likely to cause him harm."
The judge said she was confident that until the attack in July 2010 Coukham had been a caring parent, and that he had not intended to cause serious harm to his son.
"This crime is, in a real sense, a tragedy for all concerned. For Tyrone, whose life was cut short so young, for Kerry and Tyrone's wider family, but also for you because you will have to live with the knowledge of what you did for the rest of your life," she said.
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The court heard that 21-year-old Stephen Coukham, of Truro, Cornwall, lost his temper with the crying baby, Tyrone, after going to change him in the flat he shared with the child's mother, Kerry Marriott.
Coukham, who was 18 at the time, initially claimed that the child slipped through his hands and that he threw him into the air to try to revive him after he stopped breathing.
He denied murder but admitted manslaughter.
Jailing Coukham, Mrs Justice Sharp told him: "The precise sequence of events that led to Tyrone's death will never be known. But you lost your temper because he was crying or wouldn't stop crying.
"Then in a fit of temper you shook him hard, or threw him down on a soft surface, actions that were likely to cause him harm."
The judge said she was confident that until the attack in July 2010 Coukham had been a caring parent, and that he had not intended to cause serious harm to his son.
"This crime is, in a real sense, a tragedy for all concerned. For Tyrone, whose life was cut short so young, for Kerry and Tyrone's wider family, but also for you because you will have to live with the knowledge of what you did for the rest of your life," she said.
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