Father admits killing his baby

Samantha George, right, leaves court with a friend

A father is facing a life sentence after admitting murdering his eight-week-old baby son.

Christopher Rees, 23, killed baby Bradley George in a violent attack at his home in Merthyr Tydfil last November.

He told police he could not remember what happened.

Police and emergency services discovered the baby after being called to a disturbance at the house on the Gurnos Estate.

The baby was taken to the nearby Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr but died from multiple injuries.

The full details of exactly what went on in the house that night have not yet been revealed.

The house where the baby was killed

But prosecuting Roger Thomas QC told Cardiff Crown Court that considerable violence was used in the course of which the baby was killed.

The baby's mother, Samantha George, 20, arrived at the court with relatives and friends and sat in the public gallery throughout the hearing which lasted just a few minutes.

John Charles Rees QC, defending, said Rees, unemployed, from Dowlais in Merthyr, had told police and a pschiatrist that he could not remember what happened.

The hearing was adjourned for 10 days.