Man punches baby 5 times - why so little reporting?

[Ethel]

http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/viewthread.php?gi d=2&tid=614155

This hardly made the news at all. A sad reflection of society, I think

[Postdog]

This happened a few days ago, and I recall reading it then.

[Ethel]

A few years ago this would have been front page news.

[China Doll]

Perhaps we're becoming more desensitised to violence?

Or too celebrity obsessed.

[stokemaveric]

sadly ethel this is not really ''big'' news anymore there are far more serious issues to report on,according to the papers and the tv news that is,of course it is an appalling incident but alas,all to common.....

[Ethel]

If my memory is right, the headline of the day was some Big Brother nonsense (not Jade's cancer).

6 months for punching a baby 5 times. :(

[anotheoldgit]

It doesn't suprise me Ethel, when crimes such as this one are now common place.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-104865 3/Teenager-knifed-death-site-Olympics-party.ht ml

[Ethel]

That's a bit different to a grown man punching a 20 month old baby.

It's the sentence that has sickened me as much as the offence.

[coco pops]

He should have got 6 years.

[mrs_overall]

What an awful story and a derisory sentence.
It's sad that it would have been a bigger headline if he'd left his wheelie bin lid ajar.

[bensmum]

I would hope that when he is in jail he is not put into a special area 'for his own safety' but left in with all the other prisoners. He had no regard for the baby's safety so shouldn't expect special treatment.

[obNOXious]

The leniency of the sentence is beyond absurd and a really sickening indication that we value our property, goods and money over our children... and people wonder why society is slowly disintergrating around us. It's up to the judiciary to start to understand that they are somewhat of a benchmark to your avergae ar5ehole who think he/she can go around abusing children willy nilly and pretty much get away with it.

[Octavius]

It's not mitigating by any stretch of the imagination, but we are told that he has a daughter who had leukaemia and a heart and lung transplant as well as Down's Syndrome. The rage was triggered by the people (presumably including the parents of this poor child) at the party 'taunting' him about his "spastic" daughter and changing her nappy when she was a teenager.

Now, as I said, not mitigating but you only have to see some of the crap that goes on Chatterbank to see how idiotic some (idiotic) people get towards others and their children. Thankfully on here its just words.

[cassa333]

I dispare of the justice system and if I had found out that ANY ONE had been abusing my child in that fashion I wouldn't go to the poice. I see no point in going through all that bother only for some mealy mouth liberal more or less let him off.

They would find me on thier doorstep (or some other place) with the tape to discuss it. They wouldn't do it again....

[obNOXious]

I was unaware of that Octavius, and in that regard I do feel for him very much, however I could fully see the sense in belting the sh1te out of the people concerned and wouldn't be at all bothered if had done, but as to the baby, however upset he was, it's 100% unacceptable. I have an autistic spectrum disorder son and my oldest son ( now adult) is deaf and occasionally people will relish being unpleasant about that as his speech is somewhat different to other people's, however I don't think anyone who is balanced, loves and respects children would dream of doing such a thing as attacking a sleeping baby, and I still feel that it needs to be dealt with far more severely than it was to send out that message.

[Octavius]

I agree with you Nox, but I don't think this man is/was 'balanced'. I also believe there is a lot more to the sad tale thean we really know - apparently the parent's knew he was a danger to the child yet still gave him free reign over theeir house??

I am not making any excuses, nor do I wish to - I think he deserves a lot more - but when people 'call on the carpet' at such sentences, all is not always as it seems.