‘My partner was stressed and acting strangely,’ claims accused baby killer

A father accused of murdering his four-week-old baby girl with his £90,000 a year City worker lover said he would never do anything to harm her. Financial consultant Clare Sanders, 44, and her Lithuanian Thomas Vaitkevicius, 45, allegedly shook little Eva on three separate occasions during her short life. Eva was rushed to hospital after neighbours heard the mother screaming: ‘My baby, my baby,’ on 1 September 2017, the Old Bailey has heard. She was pronounced dead shortly before 7am…