Accused child torturer claims he was a ‘loving father’

A boyfriend accused of torturing and murdering his partner’s baby boy told a court he was a ‘loving and careful’ father. Jacob Lennon was 15 months old when he was taken to hospital from the family home in Putney, southwest London, with serious head injuries in August 2019. A post-mortem examination found injuries consistent with horrendous long-term abuse. Jacob’s eyes were so swollen he could not open them and he ‘looked like a panda’ because he had dark bruises under…