Inverness father who admitted killing three-week-old daughter is due to be sentenced today

Thomas Haining is set to be sentenced after admitting at the High Court in Edinburgh to killing his daughter, Mikayla.

The court heard previously how Haining (22) made an internet search for "what happens when a newborn is shaked hard".

He was originally charged with murdering his child at the family home in Mackay Road, Inverness, on June 8, 2017, but the Crown accepted his guilty plea to the lesser offence of culpable homicide.

Haining shook the child, resulting in her head striking a door during the fatal attack.

Mikayla, who was born a healthy child on May 17, 2017, sustained a fractured skull and ribs and bleeding and damage to the brain.

The court had heard how Haining had stayed in the living room with Mikayla on the night of June 7 because she was unsettled, but had raised his partner Shannon Davies a number of times over concerns about their daughter's temperature.

After 5am on June 8 Ms Davies was woken by Haining shouting that Mikayla had stopped breathing. He told her to use his phone to make a 999 call.

Paramedics attended and the baby was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. A CT scan revealed widespread bleeding to the brain.

A post mortem was carried out after Mikayla's death and the cause of death was certified as head trauma.

An examination of Haining's phone showed he made three Google searches between 4.22 and 4.45am. The first was for "baby took a panic attack and now she's unresponsive". The second for 'what happens when a newborn is shaked hard'. The third was for "newborn in a coma".

We will bring details of the sentencing hearing as soon as they are available.