South Wales Police Cleared Over Horrific Baby Killing Case

Complaints against the police over how they handled a horrific infanticide have not been upheld.

Swansea Crown Court heard details in 2006 of how 13-month-old Aaron Gilbert had been so badly beaten by his mother's boyfriend he looked "like the Elephant Man".

Killer Andrew Lloyd, 23, from Swansea, was jailed for a minimum of 24 years after admitting murdering Aaron, who died from brain damage in May 2005. He had suffered 50 injuries.

The child's mum, Rebecca Lewis was found guilty of familial homicide for failing to protect her son - and became one of the first in the UK to be convicted of this new offence - which had only become law in May 2005

Now, the police force concerned has been cleared over its handling of the man who murdered his girlfriend's 13-month-old son.

Tragic baby Aaron Gilbert's father, Gareth made formal complaints about events prior to his estranged son's death and the information he received before killer Andrew Lloyd's trial.

However, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPPC) has ruled South Wales Police "acted correctly."

At the trial, Lloyd was jailed for a minimum of 24 years and Aaron's mother Rebecca Lewis for six years.

She was originally the girlfriend of the baby's father, Gareth Gilbert who complained that police failed to work fully with other agencies prior to his son's murder and also that Lloyd's details were not put into the police national computer .

He was also upset about what he said was a lack of information made available to him before the trial.

(BMcC)