Father who attempted to murder children with hammer before driving them into wall at 92mph jailed for life

A father attacked his three young children and stepdaughter with a hammer during a cocaine-induced psychotic episode and then drove them into a wall at 92mph, a court has heard.

Father who attempted to murder children with hammer before driving them into wall at 92mph jailed for life

A father attacked his three young children and stepdaughter with a hammer during a cocaine-induced psychotic episode and then drove them into a wall at 92mph, a court has heard.

A judge heard the four children were left with life-changing injuries by Owen Scott's actions, with his seven-year-old daughter losing a large part of her skull, leaving her partially paralysed and needing to use a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

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