Babysitter hurled a 12-week-old baby in the air causing him to bleed from eyes and suffer seizures
A THUG who threw a 12-week-old baby in the air causing him to bleed from his eyes has been jailed for two years.
Boyle admitted culpably and recklessly throwing the boy to his severe injury and to the danger of his life at a house in Neilston, Glasgow, on June 5, 2017.He was initially accused of attempting to murder the child, but halfway through the trial prosecutors accepted his plea to the reduced charge. A distressed Boyle called his own mother on the day of the incident “crying and upset” stating the boy “was not moving”.
Prosecutor Ashley Edwards QC said: “A doctor has confirmed the child's life was in danger and, without medical treatment, he might have died.”Another doctor stated “significant trauma” would have been needed to cause the injuries.Miss Edwards: “He advised he had been throwing the boy up into the air before catching him."Boyle stated the boy had been enjoying this and laughing.”
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