Dad was previously jailed for baby attack

A warehouse worker accused of murdering his daughter by hurling her into her cot when she was a baby was previously jailed for the attack, a court heard. Dean Smith, 45, was locked up for three years after he threw little Maisie Newell ‘four to five feet’ across the bedroom in August 2000. Maisie suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries after the brutal assault. She was left with life-changing injuries and was cared for by adoptive parents until she…