Carl Alesbrook was 16 when he left baby Elijah with catastrophic injuries The baby's mother, India Shemwell, has admitted child cruelty A teenager who shook his then-partner's four-month-old son ...

The defendant was said to have shaken baby Elijah Shemwell (Eli) at his home on Acorn Drive, Belper, on two occasions in the weeks before his death on January 5, 2022, causing brain damage.

Carl Alesbrook, now aged 19, caused whiplash-type injuries, bleeding on the brain, and multiple bone fractures to four-month-old Elijah Shemwell seven weeks after meeting his mother in November 2021.