Custodial dad jailed for punching 3-year-old daughter and breaking her jaw (Cambridge, England)

UNNAMED DAD was soooo stressed he punched his 3-year-old daughter, breaking her jaw in the process, because she was "messing around" in her own bedroom. Not one damn word on how this abusive piece of **** got SOLE custody or who gave it to him. Notice that this little girl is now "in care" (i.e. not in the care of her mother). Once again, a jolly coverup....and Mom has been totally erased from the picture with no explanation.

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050038/Single-father-jailed-punching-year-old-daughter-breaking-jaw.html?ITO=1490

Single father who punched his three-year-old daughter and broke her jaw for 'messing around' is jailedMan, 30, sentenced to 16 months for attacking child in her bedroom

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 4:02 PM on 17th October 2011

A man who punched his three-year-old daughter so hard that he broke her jaw has been jailed for 16 months.

The 30-year-old single father, who was living in East Cambridgeshire, lashed out at his daughter after she began 'messing around' in her bedroom.

The blow broke the youngster’s jaw and caused two painful fractures either side of her mouth.

However, the man - who cannot be named for legal reasons - failed to take his daughter to hospital immediately and later claimed she sustained the injuries after falling over in a park.

Sentencing him at Cambridge Crown Court, Judge Jonathan Haworth said he had 'abused' his position of power.

He said: 'You were the sole carer of a three-year-old child and you hit her so hard she fell off the stool.

'It was a deliberate blow to a vulnerable victim.

'This was an abuse of your position of trust as carer for the child and you failed to seek any medical assistance for her as you put your fear of punishment ahead of her need for medical treatment.'

CHILD CRUELTY
Figures from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) show:
In the UK, 6,870 children were the subject of a child protection plan or on a child protection register under a category that includes physical abuse on March 31, 2010.
One in 14 children (6.9 per cent) have experienced severe physical violence at the hands of an adult.
One in nine young adults (11.5 per cent) had experienced severe physical violence during childhood at the hands of an adult.

The father admitted assault occasioning grievous bodily harm and child cruelty for needlessly leaving the girl unattended in her room.

The 30-year-old was sentenced to 16 months in jail for assault and three months for child cruelty, which will be served concurrently.

Cambridgeshire police have revealed that the youngster is now in care following her father's trial.

Robert O’Sullivan, prosecuting, said the man told police he had been sitting in his daughter’s room when she started 'messing around'.

He said: 'When officers put it to him that he must have used considerable force, he said "perhaps I hit her quite hard then".'

Roger Harrison, mitigating, described the man as a 'dedicated father' and said the fractures were as a result of the girl falling on the floor, not his punch.