UNNAMED DAD has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after "excessively rocking" his seven-month old son when "he would not stop crying." (For gawd's sake, folks. Please get over it. Babies cry. That's what they do.) The baby received serious head injuries as a result.
The lawyer of UNNAMED DAD says it's a "complex matter." Complex, my @$$.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/26/2609588.htm
Dad 'excessively rocked' crying baby
By Tom Forbes
Posted Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:20pm AEST Updated Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:19pm AEST
A Gold Coast court has been told a father admitted to police he injured his baby son by "excessively rocking" him when he would not stop crying.
The seven-month-old received serious head injuries at the family's Miami home on Monday night and was taken to a Brisbane hospital.
His 27-year-old father was charged with grievous bodily harm last night and appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court today.
Police prosecutor Damian Summerfield told the court the father admitted "excessively rocking" his son and was regretful.
The baby's mother was in court and broke down while telling the magistrate her husband would never intentionally hurt his child.
Duty lawyer James McNab says it is a complex matter.
"Obviously everybody is distressed - this is quite a tragic set of circumstances," he said.
"It's going to take some time for the prosecution to resolve and it's ultimately at its embryonic stages and it going [be] a matter [for] expert witnesses I'd say."
The man was granted bail on the condition he not contact his family and is due to face court again next month.