Clare Sanders and Tomas Vaitkevicius denied causing Eva s injuries A couple from Mitcham have been jailed following the death of their four-week-old baby daughter. Clare Sanders, 44, and Tomas Vaitkevicius, 45, were convicted of causing or allowing the death of Eva Sanders by repeatedly shaking her, in September 2017. Baby Eva suffered 27 rib fractures as well as injuries to her head and spine from three separate assaults, jurors heard. Clare Sanders was jailed for eight years, while Tomas Vaitkevicius, was given nine years. At the sentencing, Judge Mark Lucraft QC told the pair that drink had played a major part in what happened.
Clare Sanders and Tomas Vaitkevicius denied causing Eva s injuries A couple from Mitcham have been jailed following the death of their four-week-old baby daughter. Clare Sanders, 44, and Tomas Vaitkevicius, 45, were convicted of causing or allowing the death of Eva Sanders by repeatedly shaking her, in September 2017. Baby Eva suffered 27 rib fractures as well as injuries to her head and spine from three separate assaults, jurors heard. Clare Sanders was jailed for eight years, while Tomas Vaitkevicius, was given nine years. At the sentencing, Judge Mark Lucraft QC told the pair that drink had played a major part in what happened.
£90k-a-year City worker and handyman lover who shook baby daughter to death jailed
Management consultant Clare Sanders, 44, and Tomas Vaitkevicius, 45, were convicted of causing or allowing the death of four-week-old Eva Sanders at the Old Bailey
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Clare Sanders was convicted of causing or allowing the death (Image: PA)
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A £90,000-a-year City worker who blamed her lover for the death of their miracle IVF baby was blasted as a consummate actress today (Fri) as the couple were jailed for a total of 17 years.
Clare Sanders, 44, and Thomas Vaitkevicius, 45, attacked tiny Eva on at least three separate occasions and shook her to death, aged just four weeks old the Old Bailey heard.
But they had blamed each other during the trial and as they were led down to the cells upon conviction, Sanders screamed at the father: You killed her.
As Vaitkevicius was jailed for nine years and Sanders for eight, the father s lawyer said Sanders tears were all part of a cover-up to hide her responsibility.