Vile mum who let partner snap son’s neck tried to flog his baby clothes on Facebook just weeks after fatal attack
Baby suffered horror injuries after campaign of abuse as mum turned blind eye
A VILE mum who let her partner snap their son’s neck tried to flog his baby clothes on Facebook just weeks after the fatal attack.
Ollie Davis suffered horror injuries following a campaign of abuse at the hands of dad Michael Davis.
The four-week-old died in October 2017 from the “delayed effects of a broken neck”.
Davis was jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years on Wednesday after being convicted of murder.
Mum Kayleigh Driver, 31, was cleared of murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent but convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child.
The 31-year-old, who was also found guilty of causing or allowing a child to suffer serious physical injury, was jailed for seven years.
Sick Facebook posts have now emerged that show Driver callously selling Ollie’s belongings following his death.
In one in December 2017, she wrote: “Does anyone know of anyone having a baby boy as we have draws [sic] full of boys stuff and we wanna raise money towards Ollie’s send off.”
The mum also gushed over killer partner Davis despite turning a blind eye to the horror abuse he inflicted on their son.
Just weeks after Ollie’s murder, she wrote: “Happy 1 year and 4 months to my man I love u with all my heart and I wouldn’t change u for the world I love you.”
In another anniversary post, Davis praised Driver for her support following the tot’s death.
The dad said: “Just wanna say Happy 5th anniversary we’ve been through so much in the past 5 years but we’re still going strong, don’t think I would of got through all this without you, I love you so much and can’t wait for everything to be sorted so we can then begin to build the rest of our future, don’t really have many friends but I’ve got you and that’s all that matters”.
Leicester Crown Court heard how the parents claimed they found Ollie lifeless in his crib on October 21, 2017.
Medics found the baby had 37 fractures in total – including 23 rib fractures – and bleeding on the brain.
The court was told these were inflicted over various overlapping time-frames of up to ten days before death.
Ollie’s neck injury caused his spinal cord to compress – leading the baby to stop breathing.
Speaking about the neck fracture, the killer said: “We will see how it’s happened.
“He seemed fine when he was sleeping. He wasn’t acting any differently.”
Ollie's wider family pay tribute to 'little ray of sunshine'
“Ollie, you came into our world on 21 September 2017. You melted our hearts with those big blue eyes. Our little ray of sunshine.
“We have been left with such a void in our hearts. Ollie, life has never been the same.
“You will always be with us our sweet boy. Until we meet again our little one.
“Catch all the love and kisses we send up to you.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Cotter said Davis had caused all the injuries during four separate overnight “episodes” of violence.
He added: “At least five different mechanisms were required to cause this terrible array of injuries.
“Michael Davis, I have no doubt that during the night you became frustrated and angry and this led to terrible violence.
“You assaulted him on multiple occasions. The attacks in their various forms were also brutal – in particular the fatal neck injury.”
