Typical daddy coddling. This piece of sh** of a father punched his 2-year-old son hard enough to turn his ear black inside and out. The little boy has permanent hearing damage.
And yet Daddy will serve no time in jail!
All we get are the usual pathetic excuses: the poor thing had a "lapse of control", he was drinking, he has an anger problem he's getting treatment for, he's at "low risk" of abusing again, blah blah.
Even the fact that UNNAMED DAD LIED about how the boy received his injuries gets a pass.
And notice that the protective mum was NOT ALLOWED to submit a victim's statement to the court.
Who do the courts cater to again? It sure isn't mothers and children....
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/mums-shock-as-dad-who-hit-toddler-avoids-jail-3312345.html
Mum's shock as dad who hit toddler avoids jail
By Allison Bray
Monday December 03 2012
THE estranged wife of a man who was convicted of punching his two-year-old son in the face after drinking says the judge who sentenced the father to probation was too lenient.
The mother of three from Co Waterford, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she was appalled by a justice system that let her estranged husband walk free after he pleaded guilty to assaulting their then two-year-old son. He was requested to post a bail bond of €100 and to keep the peace for 12 months.
"It was a circus – a farce," said Rachel, not her real name. "I don't think he understood the severity of it," she said."
Waterford District Court Judge Rory MacCabe sentenced the 37-year-old man to probation last week after the court heard he had "snapped" while minding the couple's three children on April 12, 2011.
The man had been drinking during the day and was annoyed by the children misbehaving before he lashed out at the little boy.
He initially texted his wife, telling her that the child had fallen and injured himself, before putting him to bed.
Autism
However, the following day, Rachel noticed a fist mark on the side of her son's face and his ear was black inside and out.
The boy suffered permanent damage to the cartilage in his ear, which a doctor said was typically found in injuries suffered by adult rugby players.
He is also undergoing tests for his hearing as well as for autism. He has exhibited aggressive behaviour and bangs his head against the floor and doors, the court heard.
Insp Paul Heffernan told the court the assault was unnecessary and cowardly. Despite his testimony and the boy's injuries, Mr Justice MacCabe said it appeared that the man had suffered "a momentary lapse of control" and noted he has taken steps to deal with his drinking and anger.
A probation report found the man poses a low risk of re-offending. However, speaking after the ruling, Rachel said her estranged husband should be locked away to protect her and their children.
In a victim impact statement that she was not permitted to submit to the court, she said her son "has been through an absolutely appalling ordeal at the hands of the man he is meant to call Daddy".
She wrote: "To see a little two-year-old boy, still a baby, looking like he did, all bruised and hurt, and to know in your heart that his own father had inflicted such injuries on him was such a heartbreaking moment," she said.
- Allison Bray
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Dad charged with assaulting teen son; got angry when boy woke him for dinner (Lakeville, Minnesota)
Geez, dad GEORGE ARMANDO GONZALEZ is sure a big grump, isn't he? "Allegedly" threw a glass at his teen son because--the kid woke him for dinner? The boy required 20 stitches in and around his ear, and may have a perforated eardrum and hearing loss.
http://www.startribune.com/local/south/115456024.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUvckD8EQDUZ
Charges: Lakeville dad wounds boy's ear
A Lakeville father allegedly assaulted his son after becoming angry when awakened for dinner.
By JOY POWELL, Star Tribune
Last update: February 6, 2011 - 11:32 PM
A 31-year-old Lakeville man remained jailed Sunday evening, accused of assaulting his teenage son, who needed about 20 stitches in and around his ear after the father allegedly hurled a drinking glass at him.
The 14-year-old may also have a perforated eardrum and faces possible hearing loss, according to charges against his father, George Armando Gonzalez.
The victim told police that he had been previously pushed around and hit by his father but had never been assaulted like this.
Gonzalez is charged with malicious punishment of a child and third-degree assault. A complaint filed last week in Dakota County District Court says the Jan. 31 incident happened this way:
The father fell asleep on the couch while the boy cooked dinner. When the boy tried to wake his dad, he was upset and belligerent toward the boy.
They sat at the table until the dad threw bread from his fish sandwich and also the son's cell phone down the stairs. The father ordered his son to pick up the items.
Once back on the main level, as his father continued to yell at him, the teen turned to look at his father and saw a glass cylinder being thrown at him.
"The victim moved his head to the right and was struck on the left ear. He said there was a large amount of gushing blood coming from his ear and blood was all over the floor. The bleeding continued for two to three hours after the incident," the complaint says.
It goes on to say that Gonzalez told his son not to say anything or the dad would go to prison.
The boy's mother took him to a hospital, where police were notified.
Gonzalez is being held in lieu of $45,000 bail.
http://www.startribune.com/local/south/115456024.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUvckD8EQDUZ
Charges: Lakeville dad wounds boy's ear
A Lakeville father allegedly assaulted his son after becoming angry when awakened for dinner.
By JOY POWELL, Star Tribune
Last update: February 6, 2011 - 11:32 PM
A 31-year-old Lakeville man remained jailed Sunday evening, accused of assaulting his teenage son, who needed about 20 stitches in and around his ear after the father allegedly hurled a drinking glass at him.
The 14-year-old may also have a perforated eardrum and faces possible hearing loss, according to charges against his father, George Armando Gonzalez.
The victim told police that he had been previously pushed around and hit by his father but had never been assaulted like this.
Gonzalez is charged with malicious punishment of a child and third-degree assault. A complaint filed last week in Dakota County District Court says the Jan. 31 incident happened this way:
The father fell asleep on the couch while the boy cooked dinner. When the boy tried to wake his dad, he was upset and belligerent toward the boy.
They sat at the table until the dad threw bread from his fish sandwich and also the son's cell phone down the stairs. The father ordered his son to pick up the items.
Once back on the main level, as his father continued to yell at him, the teen turned to look at his father and saw a glass cylinder being thrown at him.
"The victim moved his head to the right and was struck on the left ear. He said there was a large amount of gushing blood coming from his ear and blood was all over the floor. The bleeding continued for two to three hours after the incident," the complaint says.
It goes on to say that Gonzalez told his son not to say anything or the dad would go to prison.
The boy's mother took him to a hospital, where police were notified.
Gonzalez is being held in lieu of $45,000 bail.
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