Teenage babysitter killed baby

[22nd April 2008]

Joshua Cook, who was 17 at the time, sexually abused the toddler in his care before killing him in Scarborough.

Charlie Johnson, 22-months, died from severe head injuries, Bradford Crown Court heard. The jury took just over two hours to unanimously find Cook guilty of murder.

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