He fractures the arm of his three-month-old baby, the father sentenced to two years in prison

The baby is finally safe and sound. MAXPPP – Anne-Sophie Bost

This Friday, February 23, a father was sentenced to two years in prison for having assaulted his child.

This Friday, February 23, the father of a baby of only three months was sentenced to three years in prison, including two years, by the Colmar criminal court, after violence against her child that occurred on February 17, according to our colleagues from Latest News of Alsaces.

During the hearing, the man confessed to having been violent towards his child, in tears as the latter began to teethe. ;, according to comments reported by the Alsatian newspaper. "I grabbed her twice by one arm and one foot, on the right side then on the left side, and lifted it about ten centimeters from the sofa", the individual testified at the time of the trial.< /p>

Withdrawal of parental authority

This father indicates "regret" a "one-armed twist" of the child. On her return, the mother,  left for a few hours with acquaintances and returned hastily following messages from her angry companion, discovered bruises on the body of the little girl "injured, from the arms up ;on the legs, and completely K.-O", according to the words of the vice-prosecutor.

Taken to the pediatric emergency room in Colmar, the child would be out of danger according to the first examinations. She would not have received a blow to the head, nor been shaken. In addition to the prison sentence, the court ordered the withdrawal of parental authority for this man who had never kept his child alone until the time of the events.