An ice user who murdered his girlfriend's six-month-old son in Melbourne will face court to find out how long he must spend in prison for his crime.
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A Victorian Supreme Court jury in March found Dwayne Justin Lindsey, 34, guilty of murdering Chayse Dearing at Glenroy while his mother Michelle went shopping on June 26, 2016.
The baby suffered severe traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, marks on his neck, bruising and abrasions on his groin, and retinal bleeding.
Lindsey is due to be sentenced by Justice Stephen Kaye on Tuesday.
Ms Dearing and her friends had gone shopping at a 24-hour Kmart just after 4am on the day of Chayse's death.
Lindsey had initially claimed he had been asleep with the baby on his chest when he was woken by what he thought was a spider.
He said he jumped and the baby fell off his chest, hitting his head on a wall heater.
However, the prosecution said that explanation was inconsistent with medical reports, which showed Chayse's death from a head injury was unlikely to have been accidental.
Australian Associated Press