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Muscular brute, 25, shook his girlfriend's baby daughter to death in a rage after his benefits were cut - but may have been stopped if his besotted lover had not refused to report previous mistreatment to police

A brute addicted to steroids was today convicted of murdering an innocent toddler left in his care dispute fears for her safety being repeatedly raised and ignored.

Maya Chappell, two, suffered frequent assaults at the hands of her mother’s new boyfriend Michael Daymond, 27, leaving bruises all over her body until the day he shook her to death while in a bad mood over losing his benefits.

The vulnerable youngster should never have been left in his sole care, but Maya’s mother, Dana Carr, 24, was so ‘infatuated’ with Daymond she ignored warnings about the abuse he was cruelly inflicting and even covered it up to protect him.