Infanticide father gets life terms

STAFFORD - A father was sentenced yesterday to three life jail terms with a recommendation that he should never be released after…

STAFFORD - A father was sentenced yesterday to three life jail terms with a recommendation that he should never be released after being convicted of suffocating his three young children.

Simon Smith (27) was found guilty of murdering his 10 month old daughter, Eleisha, in December 1989 and his six month old son, Jamie, in April 1993. He had previously been convicted of the murder of hiss three month old daughter Lauren, in November 1994.

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