Dad Jailed For Killing Disabled Baby Son A father who killed his young disabled son after he could not get him to stop screaming has been jailed for seven years. Nathan Pick lashed out at seven-month-old James-Lee at their home in Chaddesden, Derby, striking him on the back of the head. He originally told police the youngster had hurt himself when he started to fit but admitted manslaughter a week before his trial was due to start at Nottingham Crown Court. Judge Mr Justice Julian Flaux told Pick: "The stress caused you to snap. You did not intend to kill him or cause him serious injuries but you now accept that blow was an unlawful act. Shaun Smith QC, defending, said 38-year-old Pick was "frustrated" at his inability to bond with James-Lee. The toddler, who was born with a heart defect and had to be fed using a tube, suffered brain injuries when he was struck by his father on May 7 last year. Before dialling 999, Pick called the baby's mother, Hannah Goldby, who had gone to the fish shop. He said to her: "Come back quick. He's fitting. I think he's dead. Paramedics found James-Lee "very blue and flaccid ... lifeless and still" and took him to the Royal Derby Hospital. He was then transferred to the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, where his life support machine was switched off on May 8. An MRI scan revealed the youngster had suffered brain injuries, swelling to the brain and bleeding into his spinal cord. The judge said Pick did not have a history of abuse or violence. However, he said he would need to pass a sentence of imprisonment because a "defenceless and vulnerable" child had died as a result of his actions. Mr Smith said: "He is truly sorry for this. He would not want this to happen to anybody else.