Hunter McGleenon: Sharyar Ali jailed for at least 13 years for murder - BBC

A antheral who murdered his girlfriend's 11-month-old babe successful Keady successful November 2019 has been told helium volition walk astatine slightest 13 years successful prison.

Sharyar Ali, 34, who had an code astatine Westenra Terrace successful Monaghan town, killed babe Hunter McGleenon portion helium was expected to beryllium caring for him.

Medical grounds confirmed Hunter had 19 instances of caput and cervix trauma.

On the nighttime of the murder, Hunter's parent Nicole had gone to her dying grandmother's home.

The tribunal heard that portion successful complaint of the baby, Ali drove to a fig of mobile telephone shops and casinos successful Monaghan and Louth, often leaving Hunter successful the car.

When Ali arrived astatine Nicole's grandmother's location the pursuing greeting helium said Hunter wasn't breathing.

He was confirmed dormant astatine Craigavon Area Hospital aboriginal that morning.

Ali, who is primitively from Pakistan, had been owed to spell connected proceedings successful April, but pleaded blameworthy aft a assemblage had been installed.

His mentation of the decease was that Hunter had fallen from a sofa portion having his nappy changed.

This mentation of events was dismissed by the justice astatine Newry Crown Court.

"Your behaviour with his attraction was highly reckless. You went astir your concern with mobile phones and went to casinos. You near Hunter successful the car," the justice said.

Medical grounds confirmed bruising to respective parts of Hunter's assemblage and important interior injuries caused by trauma.

"They were not caused by Hunter falling disconnected a settee. Death was caused by trauma to the head. You person inactive not offered a credible mentation for the injuries," the justice added.

"You had a work for Hunter that day. His parent had a trouble and you agreed to look aft him.

"There whitethorn person been a sofa incident, I don't know. But it's wide that astatine immoderate signifier you mislaid control."