Bradley Nelson: Police inquiry after boy shaken as baby dies


Nine-year-old Bradley Nelson has died in hospital, leading to a fresh police investigation into his death. Bradley was left blind, brain-damaged, and unable to walk after being shaken by his father, Darren Spreadbury, in April 2016 when he was just seven months old. Despite being born “fit and well,” Bradley later developed cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Spreadbury was sentenced to four years in prison in 2018 after scans revealed his brain injuries were caused by shaken baby syndrome.

In the years following the attack, Bradley required “24-hour care” and underwent several operations, suffering from complications and infections. His mother, Sharon Boocock, said her life was devoted to looking after him, and that she was “learning to live again” while juggling her job as a bartender to earn “whatever money she could.” Last month, Bradley returned home from school complaining of feeling sleepy. He was later taken to the hospital after falling unconscious and suffering a seizure. Bradley d

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