Man On Trial For Putting Sick Baby In Freezer

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Man on Trial for Putting Sick Baby in Freezer

Reuters

OTTAWA (Nov. 27) - A Canadian man who could not figure out how to deal with his girlfriend's feverish 10-month-old daughter put the baby into a freezer to cool her down, a local newspaper reported on Friday.

 

Derrick Hardy faces charges of criminal negligence and assaulting the infant, who was rescued when her mother came home, the Charlottetown Guardian said.

 

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said the mother found the girl crammed into the freezer alongside ice cubes and hamburger meat. Hardy said he had left the door ajar but the mother said it had been closed when she returned.

 

He told a court in the eastern province of Prince Edward Island on Thursday the child had only been in the freezer for about 40 seconds.

 

Hardy, 21, who admitted to police that he had no real parenting skills to deal with a sick child, said he had noticed the girl was very hot and put a cool cloth on her face, but this had no effect.

 

He then carried the girl outside into the night air but, frustrated that this also did not work and worried she might drown if placed in a cold bath, he put the baby into the kitchen freezer. She was wearing only an undershirt.

 

A local doctor said the mother had described her baby as "crying, sobbing and terrified." The child spent several days in hospital to recover from first- and second-degree freezer burns on her head and torso.

 

Hardy has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The baby's grandmother now has custody of the girl.

 

 

 

Einstein has nothing on this Mensa candidate.....

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Not only his fault, the mother left her child with the retard.

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I wonder if the mother asked if her boyfriend take care her daughter. Most like he said yes without thinking that he was over top of his head.

 

Anyway, many employers do not like (some do fire) when the mother (can happen to father) takes time off from work to take care of sick child. Finding daycare that will taken in a sick child is very hard to find. Many places do not want to deal with a sick child, because they need more attention than normal.

 

I just wonder how many options did this mother have to leave her child to her boyfriend?

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I wonder if the mother asked if her boyfriend take care her daughter. Most like he said yes without thinking that he was over top of his head.

 

Anyway, many employers do not like (some do fire) when the mother (can happen to father) takes time off from work to take care of sick child. Finding daycare that will taken in a sick child is very hard to find. Many places do not want to deal with a sick child, because they need more attention than normal.

 

I just wonder how many options did this mother have to leave her child to her boyfriend?

 

 

None of that really matters in this case. Even if the boyfriend has zero experience with babies, I think we can reasonably expect a person not to PUT A BABY INTO THE FREEZER!!!!!!

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Poor kid.

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How can you pled not guilty when you admit that you put the baby in the freezer...

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How can you pled not guilty when you admit that you put the baby in the freezer...

 

He's pleading not guilty to negligence and assault - in other words puttting a child in the freezer doesn't constitute negligence & assault IHO.

 

This story is actually better than the one I read today - a woman put a baby in the microwave.

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This story is actually better than the one I read today - a woman put a baby in the microwave.

 

I read that story too but deemed it too disgusting to post here. There are way too many lunatics in the world today........

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This story is actually better than the one I read today - a woman put a baby in the microwave.

 

I read that story too but deemed it too disgusting to post here. There are way too many lunatics in the world today........

 

I agree. How can anyone do that to a baby is beyond me.