Miss-Delectable
New Member
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2004
- Messages
- 17,160
- Reaction score
- 7
Six week old baby left deaf and blind after abuse by Calderdale couple - Halifax Today
A COUPLE have admitted the horrific abuse of a six-week-old baby that left her blind and deaf.
Rizwan Patel, 26, and Alliah Bradshaw, 29, of Edward Street, Hebden Bridge, were charged with cruelty and neglect. Patel was also charged with GBH.
The baby, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was eventually rescued after she was taken to Calderdale Royal Hospital with both legs broken, blinded and in the advanced stages of meningitis.
Police were called to the hospital by staff.
The baby's injuries have left her suffering cerebral palsy. She is deaf, blind and unable to sit up or feed herself.
Bradshaw, a drug taker, and Patel appeared agitated as they sat in the dock at Bradford Crown Court, listening to the horrific details.
Patel pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. Both he and Bradshaw admitted two further charges of child cruelty between February 11 and March 6, 2007.
The first charge stemmed from ignoring advice from a local doctor to take the baby to hospital immediately for an X-ray on leg injuries which they left untreated for nearly a month.
The second was for ignoring the symptoms of meningitis, despite her losing her vision and neurological ability.
After the case, Jane Cryer, district Crown prosecutor for the CPS, said: "Instead of providing her with a loving and secure environment they subjected the baby, in her first weeks of life, to a catalogue of physical abuse and cruelty.
"All cases that involve the suffering of innocent people unable to speak for themselves are particularly distressing. But the hospital staff and police have done their jobs brilliantly."
The pair were released on bail and will be sentenced in March.
Judge Stephen Gullick said: "Your bail is not the slightest indication of the ultimate sentence."
Paul Brennan, Calderdale Council's group director of children and young people's services, said: "This is an extremely sad case. The council is now responsible for the care of this child.
"It is working with other agencies to provide the best possible care and support.
"The family was known to Children and Young People's Services and to other agencies so a review is now being undertaken by Calder-dale's Independent Safeguarding Children Board."
A COUPLE have admitted the horrific abuse of a six-week-old baby that left her blind and deaf.
Rizwan Patel, 26, and Alliah Bradshaw, 29, of Edward Street, Hebden Bridge, were charged with cruelty and neglect. Patel was also charged with GBH.
The baby, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was eventually rescued after she was taken to Calderdale Royal Hospital with both legs broken, blinded and in the advanced stages of meningitis.
Police were called to the hospital by staff.
The baby's injuries have left her suffering cerebral palsy. She is deaf, blind and unable to sit up or feed herself.
Bradshaw, a drug taker, and Patel appeared agitated as they sat in the dock at Bradford Crown Court, listening to the horrific details.
Patel pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. Both he and Bradshaw admitted two further charges of child cruelty between February 11 and March 6, 2007.
The first charge stemmed from ignoring advice from a local doctor to take the baby to hospital immediately for an X-ray on leg injuries which they left untreated for nearly a month.
The second was for ignoring the symptoms of meningitis, despite her losing her vision and neurological ability.
After the case, Jane Cryer, district Crown prosecutor for the CPS, said: "Instead of providing her with a loving and secure environment they subjected the baby, in her first weeks of life, to a catalogue of physical abuse and cruelty.
"All cases that involve the suffering of innocent people unable to speak for themselves are particularly distressing. But the hospital staff and police have done their jobs brilliantly."
The pair were released on bail and will be sentenced in March.
Judge Stephen Gullick said: "Your bail is not the slightest indication of the ultimate sentence."
Paul Brennan, Calderdale Council's group director of children and young people's services, said: "This is an extremely sad case. The council is now responsible for the care of this child.
"It is working with other agencies to provide the best possible care and support.
"The family was known to Children and Young People's Services and to other agencies so a review is now being undertaken by Calder-dale's Independent Safeguarding Children Board."