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Grandad guilty of murdering his five-week-old granddaughter

A grandad has been found guilty of the murder of his baby granddaughter. Amelia Jones was just five weeks old when she died in November 2012.

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Killer of five-week-old baby 'showed no remorse'

A man who conned his daughter into thinking he was dying of cancer has been jailed for at least 25 years for murdering her five-week-old baby.

Mark Jones, 45, carried out a brutal attack on granddaughter Amelia while babysitting for her mother Sarah, 26, when she went to the cinema.

Watch: Tom Sheldrick reports from Newport Crown Court.

Sentencing Jones to life with a minimum of 25 years, Judge Wyn Williams said he had shown no remorse for his "wicked and despicable" actions.

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