A remorseless killer who assaulted a vulnerable baby and then tried to blame the boy's mother has been jailed for 13 years.

Benjamin Joseph Swann, 31, gritted his teeth and looked straight ahead as Victorian Supreme Court Justice James Gorton handed down his sentence on Thursday morning.

Swann pleaded guilty to child homicide, admitting he deliberately caused a blunt force trauma to baby Elijah's head at a Werribee home while frustrated and angry.

He had gone into Elijah's room to settle the crying infant about 4am on January 19, 2024, when the boy's mother Elyce heard a loud bang.

Swann returned to the bedroom carrying Elijah and told Elyce to "take this f***ing baby" before he left to make up a bottle.

That's when Elyce realised her son was making an unusual wheezing sound and appea

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