A young man who can be described as a great bully, has battered his girlfriend's baby for practically no reason.
James Laidlaw
James Laidlaw, a 22 year old man was jailed for 19 years after leaving his girlfriend's six-month-old son with 32 broken bones. It was learnt that he abused the defenceless tot over a three-month period.
Mirror Online reports that Warwick Crown Court in the UK heard Laidlaw broke both of the baby's legs and arms and nearly every rib in his body.
Nurses said the boy went 'wide-eyed with fear' whenever there was a loud noise or someone approached him.
However, the baby is now in the care of the government.
The infant was taken to University Hospital Coventry by his mother Tiffany Hilton in May last year when he was five months old.
Medics carried out tests for suspected bronchiolitis but x-rays revealed he had suffered numerous fractures. Medical evidence showed the first assaults probably took place when the tot was just two weeks old.
He also had a damaged spine consistent with a fall from a first-floor window - caused when he was thrown across the room.
Laidlaw was jailed for 19 years after being convicted of GBH with intent.
Tiffany Hilton
Also, 27-year-old Hilton, was locked up for three years for failing to protect her son.
Both defendants, who live in Coventry, were also convicted of child cruelty following a trial.
Jailing the couple, Judge Sylvia de Bertodano said: "He (the baby) sustained a really shocking set of injuries. A total of 32 broken bones including both arms, both legs and all the ribs on one side, most of them in two places."