A father has been found guilty of killing his seven-week-old son.
Brian Penn, 30, inflicted severe trauma on baby Kaleb at home in Ayr, South Ayrshire, a court heard.
Medics described his injuries as only seen after a fall from a height or road traffic incident .
The baby suffered a skull fracture, a bleed to the brain, a serious brain injury and fractured ribs. He died two days after he was admitted to hospital in 2017.
Penn did repeatedly inflict blunt force trauma on the child by means unknown . The court earlier heard that he compressed and shook Kaleb.
Penn was originally charged with murder and attempted murder. But he was today found guilty of culpable homicide and assault.
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Ayrshire dad is convicted of killing seven-week-old baby son
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13:49 EDT, 6 May 2021
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A seven-week-old baby allegedly murdered by his father had injuries similiar to those in a road traffic accident, a trial heard. Brian Penn, 30, is accused of killing his son at a house in Ayr, South Ayrshire on November 1, 2017 - after baby Kaleb Penn was found to have had a skull fracture, a bleed to the brain and a serious brain injury.
A jury at the High Court in Glasgow heard blood was also found on his spinal cord and it was unlikely he was dropped from a small height.
Prosecutors claim Penn did repeatedly inflict blunt force trauma on the child by means unknown . It is also alleged he did compress and shake Kaleb.