While the facts date back to October 2019, the Saint-Brieuc Criminal Court rendered its verdict on September 28, 2021.
From the top of her 27 years, a mother was tried for violence committed in October 2019 on her four month old son at the time of the facts. At the time, the baby had been admitted to the hospital in the city of Lannion, located in the department of Côtes-d’Armor. As reported West France, he then presented two cranial fractures, two brain hematomas and was suspected of shaken baby syndrome. A serious condition that ultimately resulted in an operation. The medical teams then reported the facts to the authorities.
Quickly challenged, the mother of the child declared at first that the little boy had fallen before banging his head in the bars of the bed. The latter had ended up partially confess the facts while the baby’s father was exonerated by investigators. The seven-year-old daughter of the defendant’s companion was also heard, which enabled her to testify to the violence committed by his mother-in-law on the infant.
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“I did a baby-blues “
During her trial, the defendant fully acknowledged the facts: “After the birth of my son, I did a baby blues. I know today that what I was doing was wrong“.
On Tuesday, September 28, the Saint-Brieuc criminal court delivered its verdict: the woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison with a three-year probationary period. However, she was not deprived of her parental authority.