A County Down father has been given a two-year suspended sentence for shaking his 12-week-old baby and causing permanent brain damage.At an earlier hearing, the defendant had pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on the baby on 30 December 2017.He said the decision to suspend the defendant's sentence was because time in prison would make life much harder for the child and his mother, and the defendant had shown "a substantial amount of remorse".
The judge said the couple were given instructions to carry out CPR and the defendant "carefully carried out these instructions and his efforts at resuscitating his son were genuine''. "He is now a profoundly disabled child. He communicates by crying and facial expression and requires 24 hour assistance,'' he added.
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