Benjiman Athol Boynton, of Kaingaroa Forest, was sentenced in the Rotorua District Court today to home detention, five months after a jury found him guilty of two charges of injuring his four-month-old son with reckless disregard for his safety.
The Crown said the child had suffered broken bones and brain and eye bleeding.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/7318505/Man-sentenced-over-child-abuse
Oh Fer.
As in: Oh Fer Fu**’s Sake.
This child was lucky not to have died and the jury let Boyton off with a limp wrested admonishment. Shame on them.
Judge Phillip Cooper said today the jury found it had not been proved that Boynton had deliberately injured the infant. His explanation for the injuries were that he may have handled him roughly during a nappy change or while jiggling the baby.
Does the perpetrator deserves another chance if they cry and say they are sorry?
He said it was obvious Boynton was ignorant and naive about the fragility of a new-born.Â
I was ignorant and naive about handling my firstborn. I also was naive about handling my premature twins. However, they were safe in my hands because I am not a kiddy basher. Â No-one ends up brain damaged in a normal household.Â
His pre-sentence report indicated he was at a low risk of reoffending, was upset and remorseful.
We all get a bit tearful after being found out. This doesn’t mean he hasn’t caused serious damage to a defenseless child.
At the trial, Crown prosecutor Chris Macklin said that when Boynton’s infant was taken to Rotorua Hospital in March 2010 he was found to have a broken arm, leg and thigh, a brain and eye bleed consistent with the child being shaken and some ribs had been broken, possibly about a fortnight earlier.
