Sentenced: Deceased 2YO Boy Found With ‘Adult Bite Mark’ & Had Bottle ‘Forced Into His Mouth’

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A two-year-old boy brutally murdered by his dad was found with an "adult bite mark" and had a bottle "forced into his mouth".

Daniel Hardcastle, 31, killed little Damion Russell in an "unspeakably vile" assault at their home in Blackpool, Lancashire, in August last year.

The trial heard that Damion had suffered the bite to his upper right thigh.

He had also suffered fractured ribs, bruising across his whole body and a tear to the inside of his lip consistent with a drinking bottle being forced into his mouth.

Hardcastle claimed the youngster had injured himself after falling and hitting his head on a coffee table at their home in Central Drive.

But a pathologist found the extensive injuries suffered by the little boy were inconsistent with that claim.

Pathology determined Hardcastle had inflicted a very severe head injury to Damion by either forcefully shaking him and then banging his head against a solid object or directly caused Damion’s head to collide with a solid object with such force that his it caused significant injuries to his neck and eyes.

Damion was taken to hospital following the assault, but his injuries were unsurvivable and he sadly died two days later.

He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 22 years before he will be able to apply for parole.

The jury were told Hardcastle, who had sole care of his son, had started drinking more in the days and weeks before the assault.

He had isolated himself from his support network and the night immediately before inflicting the injuries which ultimately killed Damion, Hardcastle spent all night chatting to a woman he had met online.

Boy, two, is found with 'adult bite mark' as dad, 31, jailed for murder

A TWO-year-old boy brutally murdered by his dad was found with an “adult bite mark” and had a bottle “forced into his mouth”. Daniel Hardcastle, 31, killed little Damion Rus…

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Damion Russel

 

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Damion Russel

A blonde haired, blue eyed version of my Jacob at that age. He was such a dollbaby. I’d take him from that cocksucker up there. Jacob would love on this dollbaby. He still hounds me for a sibling, but I don’t have a decent relationship yet.