Sentence: 3 years imprisonment
On August 26, 2000, Dean Smith, then living in Edgware, north London, tossed his four-week-old daughter Maisie Newell six feet into her cot at the family home after she would not stop crying. He was feeling anxious and on edge that day, having asked his partner not to leave him alone with the baby. Smith inflicted horrific head injuries from which Maisie never recovered, leaving her disabled. She was adopted by another family and died on June 28, 2014, just before her 14th birthday in Terrington St Clement. At the time, Smith had an anti-social personality disorder associated with impulsivity, poor emotional regulation, and increased hostility. After the incident, he lit a cigarette, drank a beer, and played on his PlayStation until his partner returned and noticed Maisie's pale condition, becoming hysterical and advising him not to confess to avoid losing their children to care. Upon learning of Maisie's death nearly 14 years later, Smith expressed deep remorse, calling himself a 'lowlife scumbag' and wishing it had been him instead.