Cruel parents who were jailed over a catalogue of injuries suffered by their newborn son had their sentences slashed.

Tragic tot Bailey Smythe-Osbourne died at only 19 days of age after contracting pneumonia following his birth in November 2016.

But when doctors examined his body, they discovered a series of non-accidental injuries.

The Tonbridge baby had a fractured leg and multiple bruises, including to his penis.

Experts were convinced that the injuries were caused in more than one incident.

They were said to have involved "cruelty to a high degree" and parents, Marina Smythe, 21, and Michael Osbourne, 23, were accused of equal responsibility for letting it happen.

At Maidstone Crown Court, the couple blamed each other, but were jailed for eight years last July for causing or allowing serious physical harm to a child.

But today, they challenged their sentences and won two-year cuts from senior judges at the Court of Appeal in London.

Lord Justice Simon said the terms received by Smythe, of Oxford Gardens, Maidstone, and Osbourne, of Bybrook Road, Ashford, were too tough.

"It's clear that significant force was used and was allowed to be used, but it was not prolonged criminal conduct," he said.

"In our view, these crimes, serious as they were, did not justify sentences of eight years when the maximum was 10 years.

"The sentences were wrong in principle and they were also manifestly excessive.

"Taking into account the seriousness of the offending, the good character and the relative youth of the parents, we have concluded that the sentence should have been a term of six years in each case."

The appeals were allowed and the sentences reduced.