Roxie

Benjamin Roach has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the unlawful killing of his one-month-old daughter, Roxie.

Judge Graham Cottle sentenced Mr Roach today at Plymouth Crown Court following the jury's unanimous guilty verdict reached yesterday (Monday 20 May).

Mr Roach had pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of his baby daughter Roxie-Jo Hopkins-Roach but was...

Benjamin Roach, 24, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his baby daughter Roxie-Jo Hopkins-Roach, in a trial verdict at Plymouth Crown Court today (Monday 20 May).

Roach of Tailyour Road, Crownhill, denied unlawfully killing one-month-old Roxie-Jo on September 23, 2010 but the jury unanimously found him guilty.

He will be sentenced tomorrow.

In a trial that...