:00:08. > :00:12.A man's been found guilty of killing his son, who was only
:00:13. > :00:16.Daniel Sanzone was today convicted of murdering baby Joshua
:00:17. > :00:19.by shaking him so violently he caused "catastrophic"
:00:20. > :00:28.The judge described it as a "tragic and distressing case".
:00:29. > :00:31.Today, a jury at Birmingham Crown Court also found him guilty
:00:32. > :00:35.But the baby's mother Zoe Howell was allowed to walk free,
:00:36. > :00:37.after the jury cleared her of a charge of causing
:00:38. > :00:39.or allowing her son's death and neglect.
:00:40. > :00:44.Joshua Millinson was born a bright and healthy baby.
:00:45. > :00:48.But 13 days later, he suffered catastrophic brain injuries
:00:49. > :00:51.at the hands of his own father.
:00:52. > :00:53.It is very difficult to comprehend
:00:54. > :00:57.and understand Sanzone as a character
:00:58. > :01:00.and what would lead him to do something so tragic to such a
:01:01. > :01:05.Here in the lounge of this house, last October,
:01:06. > :01:09.here in Pendeford, Daniel S`nzone violently shook Joshua leavhng him
:01:10. > :01:12.with brain injuries so severe, he could no longer hear,
:01:13. > :01:18.He claimed a loud noise heard that night was not him
:01:19. > :01:21.injuring his child, he was simply moving the settee
:01:22. > :01:25.Joshua's mother Zoe Howell had separated from Sanzone
:01:26. > :01:33.She clutched a baby's toy each day of the trial.
:01:34. > :01:35.She denied causing or allowhng her baby's death by
:01:36. > :01:40.effectively turning a blind eye to his violence.
:01:41. > :01:43.The first year of a child's life is the time in which
:01:44. > :01:44.they are most vulnerable to becoming
:01:45. > :01:46.a victim of homicide because young
:01:47. > :01:48.children of that age are very
:01:49. > :01:49.demanding, they are very vocal in
:01:50. > :01:50.terms of their needs and having
:01:51. > :01:54.And where you have parents who are unwilling or
:01:55. > :01:56.unable to meet those needs, you have
:01:57. > :01:59.got a potentially dangerous situation.
:02:00. > :02:03.Here clutching a brown bag hs Joshua's grandmother Sharon Howell.
:02:04. > :02:05.And in the recording of a 999
:02:06. > :02:10.call, you get a sense of the panic
:02:11. > :02:27.as she attempted CPR on the lifeless baby.
:02:28. > :02:29.Joshua Millinson died at Birmingham's Children's
:02:30. > :02:38.Parents know the difference between right and wrong.
:02:39. > :02:40.things, making things up, not
:02:41. > :02:42.attending appointments and those are
:02:43. > :02:43.all really, really important red
:02:44. > :02:47.Zoe Howell and Joshua were regularly visited by community midwivds
:02:48. > :02:54.And they consistently encountered a healthy and alert child.
:02:55. > :02:57.The parents brought Joshua here to A at New Cross Hospital on
:02:58. > :03:02.two separate occasions in the days before the shaking incident,
:03:03. > :03:04.apparently concerned about breathing difficulties and a possible
:03:05. > :03:09.But a junior doctor examined the baby and found no cause for
:03:10. > :03:13.concern and the parents then failed to show for a follow-up check.
:03:14. > :03:17.But the court was told that bone specialists have concluded that
:03:18. > :03:20.Joshua may have suffered a of fractures before
:03:21. > :03:32.So could the agencies who c`me into contact with this family
:03:33. > :03:35.and even entered the house had done anything to prevent Joshua's death?
:03:36. > :03:40.Ben Godfrey, BBC Midlands Today, Wolverhampton.
:03:41. > :03:44.Two children and a man have been found dead in a house in Hinckley
:03:45. > :03:49.Police were called to the house last night.
:03:50. > :03:51.Our reporter Nicola Beckford is in Hinckley for us now.
:03:52. > :04:06.Police were called to this house in Welwyn Road at about half p`st nine
:04:07. > :04:08.yesterday evening, following a disturbance. Negotiators were
:04:09. > :04:12.brought in and they make contact with a man and a woman inside the
:04:13. > :04:16.house. What happened next w`s a stand-off and that went on for a
:04:17. > :04:19.couple of hours until the e`rly hours of the morning. Later, a woman
:04:20. > :04:22.was found. She was injured `nd she was found. She was injured `nd she
:04:23. > :04:27.was taken to hospital where she remained in a stable condithon.
:04:28. > :04:29.Early on, we spoke to the ddtective who is leading the investig`tion.
:04:30. > :04:32.The officers entered the address and they found a male who h`s been
:04:33. > :04:37.Tragically, and very traumatically, the officers, on searching the
:04:38. > :04:42.address, have also found two deceased children.
:04:43. > :04:47.At this stage, the enquiries are at a very early
:04:48. > :04:50.stage and we are trying to understand what happened last night
:04:51. > :05:04.What is the latest tonight? The man has been named locally as
:05:05. > :05:10.43-year-old David Stokes. The two children are believed to be his
:05:11. > :05:14.sons, five-year-old Adam and 11-year-old Matthew. The wolan is
:05:15. > :05:18.believed to be his wife. Now, we don't know how they died so
:05:19. > :05:22.postmortem will need to be carried out to establish the facts. What we
:05:23. > :05:26.do know however is that the police state that they are not looking for
:05:27. > :05:30.anybody else in connection with this tragic incident. Thank you.
:05:31. > :05:33.A school boy's become a sochal media sensation with his diary
:05:34. > :05:37.about battling bone cancer `nd he's now hoping followers will crowd fund
:05:38. > :05:42.potentially life-saving specialist treatment.
:05:43. > :05:44.Nine year old Alexander who lives on the Warwickshire
:05:45. > :05:47.Leicestershire border was dhagnosed in June this year.
:05:48. > :05:54.It's been keeping me from my friends, it's
:05:55. > :05:57.been making me unable to walk and do fun stuff so they're thinking
:05:58. > :06:02.about doing a hip replacement which means
:06:03. > :06:05.I'll be a cyborg and I'll have a robot bone or they'll
:06:06. > :06:08.do proton beams, like it hits the tumour like a laser
:06:09. > :06:21.but it won't hurt my leg but it will scar my bone.
:06:22. > :06:25.More than 100 supporters of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre
:06:26. > :06:27.have been at a public meeting tonight to try and prevent ht
:06:28. > :06:30.The BAC O'Connor service in Staffordshire
:06:31. > :06:33.has been told that council funding will be halved and that one
:06:34. > :06:37.Campaigners have said tonight that they need to collect more
:06:38. > :06:39.than 5,000 signatures by thd end of this month to present
:06:40. > :06:43.A 75-year-old man from Birmhngham's been praised by police for fighting
:06:44. > :06:46.off a gang who tried to steal his car in a dark tunnel.
:06:47. > :06:48.Anthony Mathers was thrown to the ground and suffered cuts
:06:49. > :06:52.and bruises in the incident, the start of which was caught on camera.
:06:53. > :06:55.He was threatened with a knhfe and imitation gun, but,
:06:56. > :06:59.as Giles Latcham reports, he was in no mood to give in.
:07:00. > :07:03.Anthony Mathers was on a routine trip to
:07:04. > :07:09.On his way, a tunnel he has driven through thousands of
:07:10. > :07:12.times but then up ahead, a menacing figure loomed into view.
:07:13. > :07:23.I didn't even think at the time what they were after.
:07:24. > :07:25.But it soon became clear, it was his Ford S-Max.
:07:26. > :07:29.The 75-year-old was bundled from the vehicle.
:07:30. > :07:31.The other one pulled a knifd and my
:07:32. > :07:34.reaction to that was, if you come close to me,
:07:35. > :07:44.That I think if one of them had come near me, I
:07:45. > :07:58.The robbers did drive off briefly but stalled the car
:07:59. > :08:01.at the top of the road allowing Mr Mathers time to catch up
:08:02. > :08:06.I mean, I am 75, I did my bdst and apparently it worked.
:08:07. > :08:09.The police say they are takhng this incident
:08:10. > :08:11.extremely seriously, officers are patrolling
:08:12. > :08:15.A 17-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of robbery.
:08:16. > :08:17.Detectives are looking for two more suspects, all
:08:18. > :08:21.described as in their late teens and of Asian appearance.
:08:22. > :08:24.Normally we advise people not to fight back in
:08:25. > :08:29.those circumstances but Anthony acted very bravely, very heroically
:08:30. > :08:32.to maintain control of his vehicle and to prevent them from
:08:33. > :08:43.The former Land Rover worker paid a price
:08:44. > :08:46.though, thrown to the ground three times before he wrestled his keys
:08:47. > :08:48.from the robbers but he says he would do it all again.
:08:49. > :08:51.People at my age are entitldd to a quiet life.
:08:52. > :08:57.They don't deserve people coming up to them, trying to get their
:08:58. > :09:04.Mr Mathers is grateful to three women
:09:05. > :09:12.Giles Latchum, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.
:09:13. > :09:16.A snake that gave a couple ` shock when it appeared in their ndwly
:09:17. > :09:20.purchased car and then disappeared has been recovered four days later.
:09:21. > :09:23.Claire Brealey and her partner Gavin Reed became aware of the snake
:09:24. > :09:26.when it wrapped around their dog's legs as they drove home on the M5
:09:27. > :09:30.It was finally found behind a piece of plastic panelling and has now
:09:31. > :09:45.Funnily enough, I found a couple of things on the front of my c`r
:09:46. > :09:46.yesterday. It turned out to be the windscreen wipers.
:09:47. > :09:48.And that's about all from the late team.
:09:49. > :09:51.We'll be back from six in the morning during BBC Breakfast.
:09:52. > :09:53.For now I'll leave you with the weather from Rebecca.
:09:54. > :09:58.How on earth do I follow th`t? It was a stunning day to day and we
:09:59. > :10:01.have ended up with some stunning scenery tonight. It has been a
:10:02. > :10:05.glorious evening for many places, lots of lovely sunsets. As we head
:10:06. > :10:08.into tomorrow, but of a change on the way. Still going to be puite
:10:09. > :10:12.cold but we've got some clotd and we are likely to see some rain as we
:10:13. > :10:15.had through the day. High-pressure managing to hold on for a lhttle
:10:16. > :10:19.longer keeping things settldd. But we stuck to the best weather system
:10:20. > :10:23.working in its way. It is good is picking up the cloud and brhng with
:10:24. > :10:27.it a bit of rain. Tonight, high pressure in charge. Close p`l and
:10:28. > :10:31.the winds have dropped. We `re likely to see our temperatures
:10:32. > :10:34.plummeting. We are starting to see some places dipping below freezing.
:10:35. > :10:38.It is going to continue to fall away. Some chilly spots. Telpters
:10:39. > :10:43.below freezing in some placds and some frost to come tomorrow. We
:10:44. > :10:48.start the day cold and frosty. It will be great to begin with. Some
:10:49. > :10:51.brighter spells. The car picking up, working its way in from the north
:10:52. > :10:55.and west and there will be some patchy rain lifting upwards. 10
:10:56. > :10:59.Celsius and in the back row, perhaps not feeling as pleasant as ht did
:11:00. > :11:02.today. More information on that and a look ahead at the weekend in the
:11:03. > :11:02.national forecast. Here's the outlook for
:11:03. > :11:05.not stop the temperature is coming up to around 12. Mick Miller has the
:11:06. > :11:16.national picture. The weather may have turned colder
:11:17. > :11:19.but for many of us today there was abundant sunshine. This is from the
:11:20. > :11:25.end of the day from Oxfordshire Cold and clear by day and clear and
:11:26. > :11:30.even colder overnight. That is the recipe at this time of year.
:11:31. > :11:36.Widespread ground frost setting in. Parts of East Anglia already below
:11:37. > :11:37.freezing. In western Scotland, temperatures may stabilise. It could
:11:38. > :11:38.even go up