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Woman who killed her baby by violently shaking her jailed
NEWENT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, JUL 21 – Melissa Wilband was sentenced to 15 years after violently shaking her four-month-old daughter to death during lockdown, with medical evidence confirming multiple prior assaults.
- Melissa Wilband, aged 28, was found guilty and jailed for 15 years for manslaughter after violently shaking her four-month-old baby Lexi at their Newent home in April 2020.
- The killing occurred during the first national Covid-19 lockdown and followed earlier less violent shaking incidents confirmed by court evidence and the judge's statement of certainty.
- After Lexi collapsed on April 12, 2020, Wilband called emergency services claiming the baby stopped breathing in her bouncer chair, and Lexi was treated at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital before transfer to Bristol Children's Hospital.
- A post-mortem revealed that Lexi died due to brain hemorrhaging resulting from inflicted trauma, likely from violent shaking, with extensive eye bleeding described as “too numerous to count.” Legal findings confirmed that Wilband had shaken Lexi on two separate occasions.
- Jack Wheeler, Wilband's former partner, was acquitted and had manslaughter charges withdrawn after prosecutors offered no evidence, while Wilband denied shaking Lexi, citing a bad wrist and blaming her partner.
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Mother jailed for killing four-month-old baby daughter
Melissa Wilband, 28, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Lexi Wilband in 2020.
·Hexham, United Kingdom
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Mum who shook her four month old baby to death is jailed
Mother jailed for 15 years for killing her four-month-old baby daughter, Lexi, by shaking her
·Worcester, United Kingdom
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