A family court has heard accusations that a father googled “how a child was eliminated” in an attempt to give his newborn son brain damage to get more money from the government.
The case came during the first day of an extensive transparency project with which journalists could report over any family court for the first time.
It comes in the midst of renewed concern about the way in which family courts deal with matters in which there are accusations of child abuse, after the horrific murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif in Woking by her father and stepmother.
In a case at Reading Family Court, during the first week of the transparency project, lawyers argued that this report was published.
On Monday, the court heard that the baby was admitted to the Royal Berkshire Hospital last year and turned out to have a break in his tibia.
The baby's mother had called the police in the night of the incident and told a 999 caller: “My husband killed my newborn baby, please help me, please help me.”
When officers arrived, the mother claimed that the father “shook the baby vigorously and said that the child stopped breathing,” became blue and floppy. “
Judicial documents reveal that the mother stated: 'The father took the baby away from her when she breastfed him and said he did not earn the milk. He told the mother that if she came to him to get the baby, he would throw the baby to the wall or on the floor.
A family court has heard accusations that a father Googled 'how a child was eliminated' in an attempt to give his newborn son brain damage to get more money from the government (stock image)
It comes in the midst of renewed concern about the way in which family courts are dealing with matters in which there are accusations of child abuse, after the horrific murder of the 10-year-old Sara Sharif (above) in Woking by her father and stepmother
“He shook the baby back and forth at the moment and then kept the baby in line with his arms and then shaked him aggressively above his head. The baby cried but then he stopped crying and turned blue. '
Speaking with the police in the parental home, the mother reported that the father had threatened to throw the baby, and said, “I throw you, I kill you darling, I kill the baby.”
The father, who was arrested and rescued, denied the child to have damaged, which suggests that his wife was 'stressed or depressed'.
He later gave a statement in which he claimed that the mother “plague him,” “calls him names” and physically punished them.
After strategy meetings between the police, social services and the pediatrician from the hospital, the court was told that the mother had made a number of allegations against the father, including that he would wake up [the baby] When he slept and said things like 'F *** you little boy, stop crying the little devil'.
'The mother had seen the father Google how a child can be eliminated, so think she [the father] Do these things to give him brain damage to get more money from the government. He was also seen to make [the baby] Deliberate crying, “is court documents.
She further claimed that the father hid her and the children's passports to prevent her from returning to their country of origin, which cannot be called to protect the anonymity of the family.
The baby's mother had called the police in the night of the incident and told a 999 call handler: “My husband killed my newborn baby, please help me, please help me” (Stock image)
The father denied all the allegations of the mother 'in the strongest possible conditions', he said in a document that had been submitted to the court.
But after the baby's shin fracture was discovered, the mother herself was added to the pool of possible perpetrators and was arrested and saved about the injuries that she denied causing.
During the hearing on Monday, a Dr. confirmed Patrick Cartlidge that he had concluded that the fracture caused by the baby was probably caused by non-accidentally.
He said that shaking was a possible cause, but added that an adult who changed the diaper of a baby in a frustrated way was also a common cause of such fractures.
The court was a hearing for finding facts to determine whether the 'threshold criteria' has been met. The threshold criteria are facts that must be proven during the care procedures before a court can consider giving a care order or a supervisory order.
It heard that the local authority had taken protective measures with regard to the children, because it was concerned that they 'suffer considerable damage' as a result of the care that their parents gave to them.
'If the mother's account is true, [the baby] Was probably caused significant physical damage (ie concussion) ', court documents submitted by the State State.
“If the mother's report is not true, the children probably suffered emotional damage (or who are at risk) because of false accusations.”
The guardian appointed by the court on behalf of the children argued for them to be admitted to foster care, something the mother opposes.
The case continues.
