June 2019

Teenager lost his temper and left a baby with horrific injuries

Teenager Jordan Lawton lost his temper and left a baby with horrific injuries – because he could not stop the tot crying and then AVOIDED a prison sentence

The 18-year-old squeezed the child’s chest, brought its legs together and threw a PlayStation controller at its foot in anger.

But his actions left the child with four broken ribs, two broken legs and a broken foot.

Now Lawton has been sentenced to 10 months in a young offenders’ institution, suspended for 18 months, at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

The court heard the child came to the attention of the authorities after a support worker noticed a mark on its face.

The child was referred to a GP before being seen by a paediatrician.

The defendant, of Hamil Road, Burslem, accepted responsibility for causing the injuries during his police interviews.

He later admitted causing or allowing serious physical harm to a child on the basis that the injuries were caused on one occasion when the baby would not stop crying.

As part of the suspended sentence, the defendant must complete a rehabilitation activity requirement for 30 days and 200 hours unpaid work.

Judge Paul Glenn told Lawton: “A doctor concluded the injuries were non-accidental.