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Jensen-Lee Dougal was left with catastrophic injuries including brain injury and extensive bleeding in both eyes after he was allegedly murdered by Thomas Morgan.
Jurors heard the five-month-old was rushed to hospital but tragically could not be saved and died in his mum’s arms.
Morgan, 29, of Gorseinon, denies murder and three counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent and is on trial at Swansea Crown Court.
The court heard that Morgan is accused of inflicting fatal injuries by shaking the baby while “full of rage.”
The alleged assault left Jensen-Lee with catastrophic brain damage, numerous fractures and extensive retinal bleeding to both of his eyes, a jury was told on Tuesday.
Prosecutor Caroline Rees KC said Morgan, 28, was in a relationship with Jensen-Lee’s mother and was “effectively” the child’s stepfather.
Swansea Crown Court heard Morgan was looking after the baby on March 30 when he began arguing with his ex via text.
Ms Rees said the row “flipped some kind of switch” in Morgan leaving him “angry and aggressive” and in no state to look after a child.
She added: “With his temper raised and his fuse short, his temper must have snapped and he shook Jensen-Lee with such violence that he caused the devastating injuries that led to Jensen-Lee dying in his mother’s arms.”
Jurors heard Morgan had carried naked Jensen-Lee out of the house and told a neighbour he was choking.
One neighbour began performing CPR on the “very floppy” baby while another called 999, it was said.
When paramedics arrived they found Jensen-Lee “purple in colour, lifeless and limp” and rushed him to hospital.
Morgan later told police he went to get Jensen-Lee a change of clothes and returned to the room to find him “limp.”
He claimed he only shook the baby to try to revive him and said he was unable to call an ambulance as the speaker on his phone was broken.
But the court heard the baby’s injuries were “purposefully inflicted” and Morgan’s account “does not fit with the medical evidence and the degree of force” the baby was subjected to.
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