Parents of baby who died with 65 broken bones jailed

The parents of an eight-week old baby who died with more than 60 broken bones in her body have been jailed.

Amina-Faye Johnson suffered 41 fractures to her ribs and 24 broken limb bones before she stopped breathing in April, 2019. Naomi Johnson, 24, of Battersea, was jailed for seven years and Benjamin O'Shea, 26, of Southwark was sentenced to eight and a half years. Johnson and O'Shea were sentenced to another two months each, to be served consecutively, having been found guilt of child cruelty in relation to a second child, who both admitted to slapping and treating poorly. "The trauma she endured in her short life is impossible to comprehend, her injuries are a catalogue of the most despicable abuse," said Detective Inspector Melanie Pressley, who led the investigation. Sentencing the couple at Inner London Crown Court, judge Nigel Peters QC described the case as "harrowing". "There is no doubt that this is a case of the highest seriousness in terms of cruelty to children in terms of the injuries," he said. No evidence of injury to Amina-Faye was visible until multiple fractures on her body discovered in post mortem skeletal X-rays revealed she suffered manifold abuse over the course of her short life. Inner London Crown Court was told last year that Amina-Faye had suffered a brain haemorrhage, coughed blood and on at least nine occasions sustained fractures, including 41 rib fractures and 24 broken limb bones. Doctors found her catalogue of injuries were indicative of continued physical abuse and such a "constellation of fractures" could not have been caused accidentally. Have a story local to Clapham you want to share with us? Email [email protected], call 07742 524 934 or tweet @IssyMillett. Find all the latest news from your local area by following Clapham Nub News on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.