Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A babysitter has been jailed for life after inflicting fatal brain injuries on a 21-month-old girl in a “brutal assault” and then failing to seek medical help for about three hours.
Sean Sadler was ordered to serve a minimum term of 20 years after a court heard the murder of Lilly Hanrahan was the culmination of a string of offences linked to his “uncontrollable temper”.
Sentencing Sadler at Birmingham Crown Court, Mr Justice Saini said the 32-year-old had made “shameful and cowardly” attempts to cover up his role in Lilly’s death.
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