Brute dad jailed for murdering premature baby daughter found with 47 fractures

Evil dad jailed for murdering premature baby daughter found with 47 fracturesSean Jefferson has been caged for life for murdering little Darcy-Leigh while the tragic girl's mother was jailed for seven years after being found guilty of causing or allowing her deathCommentsNewsChristopher Mallett13:37, 16 Apr 2026Updated 13:45, 16 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesDarcy-Leigh Jefferson died after being repeatedly assaulted(Image: PA)A father has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his five-week-old baby daughter, who died after sustaining dozens of injuries to her head, ribs and legs during repeated attacks.‌Sean Jefferson, 35, was given a minimum 22-year prison term for killing Darcy-Leigh Jefferson, who passed away in hospital on 29 March 2022.‌During the trial, Stafford Crown Court heard that the baby suffered a catastrophic brain injury at the family home in Burntwood, Staffordshire, on Mother's Day, two days before her death.‌Darcy-Leigh's mother, Amy Clark, 34, was handed a seven-year prison sentence after being found guilty of causing or allowing the infant's death - conduct the sentencing judge attributed to substance abuse.View 3 ImagesSean Jefferson, 35, was handed a minimum term of 22 years in prison(Image: PA)‌Both Clark and Jefferson had denied multiple charges throughout the nearly two-month trial, which concluded last month.Jefferson, of Birch Court, Walsall, was also convicted of two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, in addition to murder. Clark, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, had charges of murder or manslaughter dropped by prosecutors towards the end of the trial. Alongside her conviction linked to the baby's death, she was further found guilty of two counts of causing or allowing serious harm to a child.Police branded the pair's crimes against their daughter an "appalling betrayal". Darcy-Leigh, who was born five weeks premature, had sustained a total of 47 rib fractures by the time she...