A dad spend six-and-a half years behind bars after shaking his baby son into a coma and died

News24xx.com - After shaking his baby son so hard he fell into a coma and died, a dad named Christopher Barnes, 28, will spend the next six-and-a half years behind bars.

Barnes was convicted of the manslaughter and GBH of his 10-week-old son, Harry, who collapsed and was admitted to hospital on June 24 2017. 

Despite efforts by medical staff to save the little boy, the difficult decision to turn off his life support was made the next day.

A post mortem determined Harry died from a brain injury after being forcibly shaken. Medical evidence proved that Barnes had shaken him multiple times, once around the time of his collapse and another several days before.

Barnes, the heating engineer, from Midhurst, West Sussex, denied the offences, and claimed he knew how to properly hold Harry. 

And he told to Lewes Crown Court, "Most of the time I spend with him when I got home from work was when he was crying. I am not responsible for what happened to Harry. It wasn’t me. I never hurt that little boy. He meant the world to me."

After being found guilty Barnes was ordered to serve a concurrent two year sentence for GHB, alongside his jail time for manslaughter. 

 

 

 

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