INFO LA DEPECHE. Toulouse. : a father indicted for shaking his 3-month-old baby
Within a month, two men were indicted after abusing two infants. These two cases are unrelated.
A father has just been indicted for violence against his three-month-old daughter. The facts took place in mid-February in Toulouse. That day, this forties is alone at home with his baby who does not stop crying. Without a solution, the dad ends up calling the emergency room. But as soon as he arrived at the hospital, the doctors noticed unintentional injuries on the infant’s body. As the procedure requires, they immediately write a report to the Toulouse prosecutor’s office, which opens an investigation for “violence on children under 15 years old committed by ascending”.
The father was quickly heard by police officers from the departmental family protection unit. During this hearing, he reportedly confirmed that he had shaken his daughter several times to try to calm her down. An unfortunate gesture. The injuries inflicted are serious. The victim suffers from fractures in the ribs and face but his days are not numbered. This Saturday, the suspect was referred to the Toulouse prosecutor’s office. He is indicted but left free under judicial control.
Another case on February 7
This is the second case of infant abuse in a month. The other fact dates from February 7. That morning, the firefighters were called by a family living in Colomiers. The stepfather and mother are very worried because their one-year-old daughter is not breathing. Once there, the firefighters noticed that the newborn was also hit in the skull and had numerous bruises on her body. They accompany him to the emergency room of the Purpan hospital and write a report. The little girl is saved but her parents are not out of the woods. A few days later, the stepfather was indicted for violence committed against his wife and two children. And the investigations are continuing.