Shocking CCTV footage reveals the sickening moment a father gives his girlfriend a thumbs up as she gets on the bus to stage their already dead baby daughter's death.

Jeffrey Baker, 52, and Rosalin Baker, 25, were today cleared of murder but found guilty of causing or allowing the death of 16-week-old Imani, who police said was 'tortured' in the days before she died.

Pictures from a shop's CCTV cameras show Baker topping up her Oyster card with her baby strapped to her chest in a sling, her face covered to conceal the fact she was already dead.

Cameras then captured the moment Wiltshire kissed Baker before giving her a good luck hand gesture as she boarded a London bus before putting their devious plan into action.

Jurors were shown shocking CCTV footage of Wiltshire giving his younger partner the thumbs up as she got on to the London bus to carry out their awful plan

Jeffrey Wiltshire, 52, and Rosalin Baker, 25, were cleared of murdering 16-week-old Imani but found them guilty of causing her death at London's Old Bailey

Baker was filmed sitting on the lower deck sending text messages and speaking on her mobile phone for 20 minutes before looking at her daughter for the first time during the journey.

Call records revealed that one of the texts she sent, to her sister, said: 'Imani is dead sis x'.

She then beckoned over a woman, Fjoralba Shmitz, who raced to help, but found Imani had already stopped breathing and her face was 'ice cold'.

The panicked passenger took the baby in her arms in a desperate bid to help before another woman, Viviana Caidedo, phoned an ambulance and attempted CPR at the operator's instructions.

Baker sat emotionless using her phone as other distraught passengers tried to help, with one noting Iman's lips were cold, before the bus was stopped and she was rushed to Newham General Hospital.

Medical examiners found she had a fractured skull and serious head injuries, along with more than 40 other fractures, and she was pronounced dead.

During their Old Bailey trial, Baker blamed her abusive and controlling boyfriend and claimed he had tried to 'frame' her by forcing her on to the bus with their dead child in a sling.

But former rapper Wiltshire, who claimed to have fathered 25 children, insisted: 'I'm not a life taker, I'm a baby maker.'

Still pictures taken from a shop's CCTV cameras show Baker topping up her Oyster card with her already dead baby strapped to her chest in a sling on September 28 last year

Baker was filmed as she sat on the lower deck, sending text messages and speaking on her mobile phone for some 20 minutes before looking at her daughter for the first time

She then beckoned over a woman, Fjoralba Shmitz, who raced to help, but found Imani had already stopped breathing and her face was 'ice cold'

Footage shows the panicked passenger took the baby in her arms in a desperate bid

SERIOUS CASE REVIEW MUST GIVE ANSWERS, CHARITY WARNS An investigation into baby Imani's 'deeply disturbing' death must provide answers into the circumstances surrounding it, a charity warned today. After Jeffrey Baker, 52, and Rosalin Baker, 25, were convicted of causing their daughter's death, an NSPCC spokesman said: 'We hope the Serious Case Review will provide much-needed answers about the circumstances surrounding the death of baby Imani. 'This is a deeply disturbing case. As her parents they should have kept their daughter safe from harm but instead they either caused or allowed her death which they then tried to conceal. 'It is entirely right that both Baker and Wiltshire have been brought to justice for this despicable crime.' Advertisement

The jury deliberated for 14-and-a-half hours before clearing them of murder but finding them guilty of causing or allowing the death of their daughter, who was on the child protection register.

Adjourning sentencing until May 18, Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC said: 'Imani's life must have been painful, distressing and bewildering, and the failure at the very least to protect her is a serious matter indeed that must result in a custodial sentence.'

In the week of her death, Imani was attacked three times and suffered 40 rib fractures, a broken wrist and terrible head injuries, jurors were told.

Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said Imani was in 'very significant pain and distress', which would have been obvious to any parent.

Wiltshire and Baker, who lived on benefits, attempted to hide what happened at home by making it appear she had suddenly been taken ill on the number 25 bus, jurors were told.

At an earlier hearing, jurors were told Baker (pictured) was given the 'thumbs up' by her Wiltshire as she boarded the number 25 in Stratford, east London, holding Imani

At 9.28am, Wiltshire was seen on CCTV kissing Baker, and giving her a thumbs up as she boarded the bus to Stratford, east London, and she does not look at her daughter until 9.56am.

The footage shows Baker beckon over fellow passenger Fjoralba Shmitz, who took the baby and found she was not breathing. She tried to blow into Imani's mouth and found her lips were cold and her eye was bruised.

Believing the baby was dead, she started to panic and alerted the driver to call an ambulance as other passengers crowded around.

Another passenger, Viviana Caidedo also tried to help but immediately thought the infant was dead as she was 'cold and stiff', the court heard.

She was handed a mobile phone and took instructions on CPR from the emergency operator. When the bus stopped in Stratford, another member of the public carried on trying to resuscitate Imani before paramedics arrived.

Mr Atkinson previously told jurors: 'Those members of the public, presented with the nightmare of an infant who was not breathing, did all they could to help.

'They were panicking and distressed. In contrast, Baker was noted to be cold and calm.'

Rosalin Baker, 25, and Jeffrey Wiltshire, 52, inflicted horrific injuries on baby, the court heard

Asked by paramedics what happened, Baker allegedly said Imani was fine before they got on the bus.

But Mr Atkinson said the condition of her cold stiff body suggested she had been dead for some time.

Imani was pronounced dead in hospital and it is alleged her parents went on to give a false account of what happened to police.

She also had a fractured skull and brain injury 'as the result of being thrown against the floor or an upright surface' which led to her death, Mr Atkinson said.

Baker sent her sister a text message saying: Imani is dead sis x''

In the week before Imani's death, Baker had moved from her mother's house in Colchester, Essex, into Wiltshire's bedsit in Newham, east London, where the whole family shared the same bed.

Following Imani's death, Wiltshire initially denied Imani was his while Baker told police she was in a 'total state of shock'.

Giving evidence, Baker blamed her boyfriend, who she described as a violent man who would get high on heroin and cocaine 'every day'.

Baker said: 'The first thing I thought was he's done something to her. When I looked at her she looked really bad. I thought she was dead.'

But Wiltshire denied hurting his 'tiny and beautiful' daughter either intentionally or unintentionally, or witnessing anyone else injure her.

He also denied being abusive towards Baker, controlling the purse strings or insisting she send him affectionate messages.

The former rapper, who sometimes went by the name Pepper Head, said he had been out the night before Imani's death and came back in the early hours to find Baker in a grumpy mood and the baby off her milk.

Baker went on to act out a 'nightmare' charade, asking passengers on the number 25 bus for help and saying her baby had just fallen ill, the Old Bailey heard

LEVEL OF 'VIOLENCE AND CRUELTY' NEVER SEEN BEFORE BY CHIEF DETECTIVE ON CASE Detective Chief Inspector Gary Holmes, of Scotland Yard, said: 'The loss of any child is tragic but to know that baby Imani was tortured and was probably in considerable pain in her last few hours is heart-rending. 'Imani was a premature baby and from the very moment she was born the odds were stacked against her. 'Despite a challenging start to life she fought to survive but sadly her fight was short lived as she suffered at the hands of the very people who were supposed to love, nurture and protect her. 'Baker and Wiltshire orchestrated the most devious of plans in an attempt to cover up the abuse that had been inflicted upon their daughter. 'Their ruse quickly unravelled when medical professionals were able to determine that Imani had probably died up to 24 hours previously and with this overwhelming and compelling evidence charges against the two were swiftly brought. 'The events of that day will have a lasting and devastating impact on the many passengers on board the bus. 'Many of those who stepped in to provide medical assistance were left completely distressed when they realised their efforts to save Imani were futile, not knowing that the entire incident had been staged. 'Baker misled these good Samaritans and gave no thought to anyone but herself as she callously remained on her mobile phone throughout. 'The level of violence and cruelty inflicted on such a young child is something that I have never come across during the course of my career and I hope never to witness anything like this again.' Advertisement

In the morning, he told jurors he returned from using a cashpoint to find Baker already packing her bags to go back to Colchester with the baby.

Imani, who was already in the sling, made no noise and her face was covered by a cloth, he said.

He told jurors that he would always kiss Baker goodbye and gave her a thumbs up that day as if to tell her to stay safe.

When Baker phoned him later that morning from the back of the ambulance, she told him that 'Imani is not very well', the defendant said.

Detective Chief Inspector Gary Holmes, of Scotland Yard, said: 'The loss of any child is tragic but to know that baby Imani was tortured and was probably in considerable pain in her last few hours is heart-rending.

He added: 'The level of violence and cruelty inflicted on such a young child is something that I have never come across during the course of my career and I hope never to witness anything like this again.'

CPS reviewing lawyer Devi Kharran said: 'These verdicts bring to an end a tragic case.

'Despite a large number of very serious and painful injuries which would have been very obvious, neither of her parents sought medical help.

'Instead her lifeless body was carried onto a crowded London bus to disguise the true circumstances of her death.

'Witnesses have told the court of the shock and distress on that bus once Imani's lifeless body was discovered.

'We would like to thank those who tried to help on the day including members of the public and the emergency services, some of whom later gave evidence in support of this prosecution.'

The maximum sentence for causing or allowing the death of a child is 14 years.