A babysitter who admitted shaking a 43-day old baby, leaving the tot brain damaged, has been jailed. Teacher Jonathan Sinfield was caring for the baby when the incident occurred in Bath, Bristol Crown Court heard.
Initially he reported that the child become ill and knocked its head against a sofa. He later went on to claim he had dropped the tot from around a metre.
Due to the baby's injuries, though, medical experts diagnosed the baby had been gripped forcefully and shaken. Ultimately Sinfield, 30, whose address was given as Cradley in Herefordshire, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The court heard his career as a teacher is finished.
