Father on trial for murder of son he attacked over 18 years ago

A father ‘violently assaulted’ his newborn child and left him wheelchair-bound for life until he died of his injuries 14 years later, a court heard. Leajunne ‘Jamal’ Wood, 44, left ‘LJ’, the son who was named after him, with permanent brain injuries as well as a fractured skull, a spiral fracture to his left upper arm bone, and older fractures to his ribs and shins. His head had swollen to an ‘unnatural size’ when he was taken to hospital on…