A dad who killed his eight-week-old baby daughter has been jailed for life.
Kevin Eves was earlier found guilty of the murder of Harper Denton.
The baby was found purple and unresponsive on June 12 last year at the family home in Wixams, Bedfordshire where she lived with Eves and her 34-year-old mum.
He has been sentenced today at the Old Bailey to a minimum term of 20 years behind bars for Harper's murder, 13 years after he seriously injured another child in his care.
His murder trial heard that Eves had a violent past he kept secret from Harper's mother Cherinea Denton, and had previously been jailed for hurting another young child.
Eves denied intentionally harming Harper, claiming she must have suffered broken bones in his attempts to resuscitate her.
On June 11, 2018 Eves put Harper into a Moses basket in the main bedroom.
Eves claimed he fed Harper at 1am then awoke five hours later to find she had turned "purple" and was cold to the touch.
Harper was rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A postmortem examination identified 34 rib fractures, 11 classic metaphyseal fractures, two fractured metatarsal bones - one in each foot - and a skull fracture.
The "severe" injuries were said to have been inflicted over at least three episodes in the three weeks before Harper's death.
While the cause of death was unascertained, an expert told the trial the evidence was consistent with smothering, the court heard.
The court was told Harper's mum was unaware that Eves had hurt another young child in his care years earlier.
The trial was told that Ms Denton, who met Eves online, knew he had served time in prison but accepted his explanation that he had been convicted over a fight at a house party.
In 2006, Eves, then known as 'Forbes', was jailed for nine years for causing grievous bodily harm and assaulting a little boy.
The child suffered life-threatening injuries and fractures to his elbow.
Eves had claimed the boy was injured falling from a washing machine.
However the boy's injuries were found to be consistent with the boy being "swung" forcefully by the arms until his head hit a wall.
A dent was found in a wall with two strands of the child's hair attached.
The jury at Eves' trial deliberated for more than 22 hours to find him guilty of Harper's murder by a majority of 11 to one.
