A father from West Bromwich was jailed for four-and-a-half years today for shaking his four-month-old son to death.

Danny Warr, aged 26, of Bromford Lane, West Bromwich, shook the child so hard it caused “catastrophic and unsurvivable” brain injuries, a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.

Warr was found guilty of baby Jayden’s manslaughter earlier this month.

The court heard Warr’s former girlfriend, Rebecca Lloyd, woke Warr at their home in Bromford Lane in June 2009 to get him to look after the child.

But instead of helping the baby go back to sleep, Miss Lloyd claimed he rocked Jayden in his basket with force before dropping it.

The baby was rushed to Sandwell General Hospital where he was put on a life support machine before being moved to intensive care at Alder Hay Hospital in Liverpool. He died six days later on June 24.

The youngster suffered bleeding around the brain and eyes and extensive brain injury due to lack of oxygen.

Mr Andrew Fisher, defending, said: “It would appear that on the evening in question the defendant lost his temper momentarily.”

High Court judge, The Honorable Mr Justice Foskett, said he accepted that the attack was “out of character” even though Warr had shown “no particular remorse”.

He added: “All the evidence suggests you were a good and caring father, you simply lost your cool on this occasion.”