StokeonTrentLive reports Joshua Bagshaw, aged 24, had called paramedics to say the infant had a twitch on one side of its body. He is said to have told medics: "It's like it has a spasm and I don't know what it is".
When the baby was transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, doctors detected "extensive bleeding".
Prosecutor Andrew Smith QC told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court that "a doctor concluded the likely cause was from suffering a recent head injury or by forcible shaking".
Someone's going to the Big House, and rightly so. Unless his brief has a cracking excuse?
Barry White, mitigating, said: "He is genuinely remorseful. He is quite affected by everything that happened."
Ah. Guess not. Oh, well, th...
The suspended sentence...
Wait. What?
...includes a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 180 hours unpaid work.
*bangs head on desk* And why no mention of the mother?
Wow so ABH just gets you a suspended and some community service you can idle your way through. Just as well we are not allowed to defend ourselves in UK as it seems neither the police or the justice system is going to do it for us.
ReplyDeleteWell, which judge can argue with Barry White, the hippopotamus or luuurrrvvvve.
ReplyDeletePenseivat
"Wow so ABH just gets you a suspended and some community service..."
ReplyDeleteWouldn't be surprised if GBH doesn't get you much more...
"Well, which judge can argue with Barry White, the hippopotamus or luuurrrvvvve."
I suspect this one is rather grey and stooped. It must be a job that ages one.