Friday, March 26, 2010

Dad gets 20 months for breaking 24 bones in 7-week-old daughter's body (Klagenfurt, Austria)

UNNAMED DAD has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for breaking 24 bones in the body of his 7-week-old daughter. Poor Daddy was just "overburdened" by the baby's crying, don't ya know.

http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2010-03-26/21978/Dad_gets_20_months_for_breaking_24_bones_in_child's_body

Dad gets 20 months for breaking 24 bones in child's body

A vicious dad who broke 24 bones in his infant daughter’s body was sentenced to 20 months in prison by Klagenfurt provincial court today (Fri).

Public prosecutor Sandra Agnoli said last December the 21-year-old dad had squeezed his seven-week-old daughter’s body so hard that he had crushed her bones.

Medical expert Regina Gatternig said the man had attacked the infant at least twice before. She added that it took considerable violence to break a baby’s ribs.

The father of one claimed he had been overburdened by the baby’s crying.

His attorney said he would appeal the sentence.