In 2024, then 29-year-old Samuel Warnock, of Cornfield Road, Devizes, was jailed for 14 years after carrying out a predatory series of assaults against his three-month-old daughter, Miyah Warnock. The investigation established that Warnock inflicted fatal traumatic head injuries on the infant, consistent with violent shaking or blunt force trauma. The prosecution reported at Swindon Crown Court on 18 March 2024, that Warnock admitted to manslaughter, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by a father who caused his daughter to go into cardiac arrest.
The investigation established that emergency services were called to the family home on 20 September 2021, after medical concerns were raised for Miyah. The prosecution reported that despite the best efforts of medical experts at Bristol Children’s Hospital, the infant died nearly one month later on 19 October. This identifies a calculated series of assaults on the life-safety of a vulnerable three-month-old, with DCI Simon Childe noting that Miyah should have felt most safe in the care of the very man who ended her life.
JUDICIAL SENTENCING AND CHILD CRUELTY CONVICTIONS
The court reported that Miyah’s mother, Jasmine Warnock, was also sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of child cruelty. The investigation established that while Samuel received a lengthy custodial term, Jasmine was handed a three-year community order with 30 rehabilitation activity days. The prosecution reported in 2024, that the extensive medical examinations required to prove the non-accidental nature of the injuries gave Miyah “the voice she never had,” identifying a priority assault by Wiltshire Police to secure justice for the “heartbroken” grandparents who referred to Miyah as their “princess.”
Judge-led proceedings at Swindon Crown Court concluded with Samuel Warnock’s 14-year incarceration in March 2024. For his actions in Devizes and the nature of the series of child abuse and manslaughter investigations reported, Warnock has been removed from the community. The investigation established that his forensic profile as a child killer is now a matter of permanent record. Following the sentencing, the NSPCC described his actions as “reckless, cruel, and abusive.”
STATUS AND CASE DETAILS (2021-2024)
Based on judicial and Wiltshire Police records as of 2024:
- Legal Status: CONVICTED (Manslaughter; Child cruelty; Child abuse).
- Custodial Status: JAILED (In 2024, Samuel Warnock serving 14 years; Jasmine Warnock serving a community order).
- Offence Nature: Inflicted fatal traumatic head injuries via violent shaking or blunt force; caused infant to suffer cardiac arrest; death occurred one month after the assault.
- Timeline of Case: Injuries inflicted September 2021; Miyah died October 2021; Pleaded guilty January 2024; Sentenced 18 March 2024.
- Location: Devizes, Wiltshire; Cornfield Road; Swindon.
- Forensic Profile: Then 29-year-olds (Samuel and Jasmine); forensic history documents “in-depth medical examinations” that ruled out natural causes; identified as a case of extreme vulnerability.
- Judicial Oversight: Managed by Wiltshire Police and Detective Constable Katey Baker.
- Criminal Record: Convicted child killer; Series predator; Infanticide perpetrator; Jailed in 2024.
- Origin: Devizes.
MONITORING AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
In 2024, Samuel Warnock is managed as a high-risk offender under the statutory requirements of the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) in the South West. Due to the nature of the behaviour—specifically the series of persistence in causing fatal harm to a helpless three-month-old—he is a priority for high-security incarceration. Authorities reported that the 2024 sentencing identifies Warnock as an individual who prioritised his own violent impulses over the principles of human decency and the life-safety of his child.
As a convicted child killer, his details are permanently logged on the national police database to ensure he is never again in a position of care for minors. Authorities stated that the behaviour of Warnock identifies a commitment to clandestine child abuse and the physical violation of an infant. Any future attempt to assault the safety of others or contact the victim’s extended family results in immediate police intervention to ensure the ongoing protection of the community from a man who used a “father” mask to hide a predatory and persistent series of assaults.
QUESTION – Given that the offender “shook his daughter so violently she suffered a cardiac arrest” and died a month later, do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Parents Convicted of Manslaughter of an Infant” must receive a “Mandatory Minimum 20-Year Sentence” to prevent a series of assaults?
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