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Deaf man jailed for hurting baby | Herald Sun
A DEAF man who fractured his three-month-old daughter's legs and collarbone will spend at least a year in jail.
The man injured his daughter when he squeezed her roughly into her baby capsule and later pushed his de facto partner, forcing her to fall on the child.
He pleaded guilty to intentionally causing injury between June 18 and July 16, 2005.
He appeared in a Melbourne court yesterday and was jailed for a maximum of three years, with a non-parole period of 12 months.
A judge said yesterday that the infant was taken to hospital with 13 bone fractures.
The father, who has not been named for legal reasons, was charged and sentenced over three fractures to each leg and two collarbone fractures.
The court heard the girl also had two skull and three rib fractures.
The man left his parents' home after an argument and squeezed his daughter into her capsule, resulting in the collarbone fractures, the court heard.
The baby was again injured when the man pushed his wife as she was tending to the baby. She fell on the little girl.
Afterwards, as he was massaging the baby, he grabbed her right leg and "heard the bone snap".
About three days later the mother noticed the child was unable to use her legs and she was taken to the hospital.
"Crimes such as this are very difficult for the court and very difficult for the community to understand," the judge said.
Excessive alcohol consumption and an anger problem were provided as reasons for the offending, as well as the man's profound deafness.
He has limited hearing in one ear and yesterday's sentence was interpreted in sign language.
"It is clear that persons with such a profound disability have grave problems in handling stress," the judge said.
The girl had made a full recovery and reached all her natural milestones.
"It is clear that given the type of crime, the passion that it creates and his disability, his time in jail will be difficult," the judge said.
"That is not only because of profound hearing problems but because he will have to serve his time in a protected environment."
The County Court heard the man was not an aggressive person.
"Despite the seriousness of these offences he maintains he still loves the child," the judge said.
A DEAF man who fractured his three-month-old daughter's legs and collarbone will spend at least a year in jail.
The man injured his daughter when he squeezed her roughly into her baby capsule and later pushed his de facto partner, forcing her to fall on the child.
He pleaded guilty to intentionally causing injury between June 18 and July 16, 2005.
He appeared in a Melbourne court yesterday and was jailed for a maximum of three years, with a non-parole period of 12 months.
A judge said yesterday that the infant was taken to hospital with 13 bone fractures.
The father, who has not been named for legal reasons, was charged and sentenced over three fractures to each leg and two collarbone fractures.
The court heard the girl also had two skull and three rib fractures.
The man left his parents' home after an argument and squeezed his daughter into her capsule, resulting in the collarbone fractures, the court heard.
The baby was again injured when the man pushed his wife as she was tending to the baby. She fell on the little girl.
Afterwards, as he was massaging the baby, he grabbed her right leg and "heard the bone snap".
About three days later the mother noticed the child was unable to use her legs and she was taken to the hospital.
"Crimes such as this are very difficult for the court and very difficult for the community to understand," the judge said.
Excessive alcohol consumption and an anger problem were provided as reasons for the offending, as well as the man's profound deafness.
He has limited hearing in one ear and yesterday's sentence was interpreted in sign language.
"It is clear that persons with such a profound disability have grave problems in handling stress," the judge said.
The girl had made a full recovery and reached all her natural milestones.
"It is clear that given the type of crime, the passion that it creates and his disability, his time in jail will be difficult," the judge said.
"That is not only because of profound hearing problems but because he will have to serve his time in a protected environment."
The County Court heard the man was not an aggressive person.
"Despite the seriousness of these offences he maintains he still loves the child," the judge said.