A stepfather who subjected a ten-month-old boy to a “culture of cruelty” then beat him to death has been jailed for life with a minimum of 28 years.Craig Crouch, 39, spent six months inflicting “mental suffering” on Jacob Crouch before he launched a “vicious” attack at his home in Linton, Derbyshire
Jacob Crouch (image) is the latest in a string of fatal cases of child abuse to have emerged from the pandemic including that of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, Lola James and Star Hobson.