Samuel Warnock, 29, formerly of Devizes, Wiltshire, pleaded guilty to causing the death of his daughter in 2021 at Winchester Crown Court. The child s mother pled guilty to child cruelty.
Police figures show 29,405 cruelty offences recorded between April 2022 and March 2023 in England compared to 14,263 between April 2017 and March 2018.
The toddler died on 28 Nov 2020, just days into the second Covid lockdown, with a myriad of bruises , broken ribs, arms and leg, after the attack in Benham s caravan in Hernhill, near Faversham.