Former Scots soldier who violently shook tiny baby and left him with brain damage is jailed
A former soldier who violently shook a baby boy leaving him with devastating injuries has been jailed for seven and a half years. Evil Declan Walton, 31, attacked the 10-week old child at a house in Glenrothes, Fife on June 5, 2020.
Lord Weir told Walton: "Although you accept sole responsibility for the devastating brain injury, you appear from report to be unable to account for what occurred." The judge said he had read a "moving" victim impact statement from the child's mum about her son's ordeal. The boy ended up in intensive care having suffered haemorrhaging in his head. He required surgery to drain blood and ease pressure on his brain. Experts who examined the child and medical findings came to the conclusion that his condition was "highly suggestive of abusive head trauma".
Gareth Jones KC, defending, added, on leaving in 2018, he "struggled to adjust to civilian life". Regarding the baby attack, Mr Jones told the court: "This was a loss of control in a single moment of time which caused devastating consequences."
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