A BABY allegedly murdered by his father had suffered at least 42 separate fractures in the three months between his birth and his death, a court has heard.

Medical experts concluded Julian Hinz had sustained injuries inflicted within a series of “windows of time", including in the hours before his death on April 9 last year.

The oldest injuries had been inflicted more than four weeks before the baby died, the court heard.

Julian’s father Robert Hinz, of Carysfort Road in Boscombe, denies one count of murder and three of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.

On the second day of a trial at Winchester Crown Court, jurors heard post-mortem examinations of Julian’s body showed he had injuries to his spinal column, a number of his ribs, his clavicle and two of the bones in his leg.

The most significant fractures were to the bones on either side of his skull, which had led to his death, it was heard. These injuries were inflicted in the hours before the baby died, prosecutors say.

Injuries to ribs were most likely caused by “squeezing”, while those to his leg may have been caused by “pulling and twisting with force”, it is alleged. One of the baby's ribs had been injured three times, it was claimed

Prosecutor Nigel Lickley QC alleged Julian was “thrown vigorously onto a blunt object or surface” before his death.

“The nature of the fractures were strongly suggestive of more than one impact,” he said.

Hinz told police the baby had stopped breathing in his cot after making a “choking” sound.

The defendant then picked him up and lay him down on the carpeted floor of the hallway with a “bump” before attempting CRP.

“He suggested the bump might have caused some of the injuries,” Mr Lickley said.

Many of the fractures suffered on dates before April 8 were “subtle”, meaning they would not have been obvious even to doctors, it was said.

Hinz denies ever inflicting an injury upon his son.

Paramedics called to the flat in Carysfort Road on April 8 2016 found Julian unresponsive. Doctors made the decision to turn off his life-support machine the following day.

Mr Lickley said: “Babies are utterly dependant on parents for safety and protection.

“Julian was not cared for and protected appropriately in his short life.”

Jurors were also shown footage of an interview given by the baby’s mother, Monica, conducted the day after his death.

In the interview, Mrs Hinz, speaking through a Polish translator, wept as she told officers of the moment her son died at Southampton General Hospital.

“I wanted Robert to be there with me and hug me,” she said.

“He wasn’t there with me. Police had taken him.

“I stayed at the hospital all night with Julian.

“He died in my arms.”

Hinz, 34, lent close to the glass of the dock as he listened to his wife’s voice.

The trial continues.