A babysitter is behind bars after making an attempt to homicide a five-month-old boy in a shaking assault and blaming the kid’s mom for the crime.
Kimberly Dow inflicted doubtlessly life-threatening accidents on the child she was presupposed to be taking care of.
The 34-year-old, of Dunfermline, denied a cost of tried homicide throughout a trial on the Excessive Courtroom in Edinburgh and lodged a particular defence of incrimination, naming the boy’s mom.
Dow was discovered responsible of assaulting the kid on March 17, 2022, by shaking him, inflicting trauma to his head and inflicting harm to his head by means unknown to his extreme harm and hazard of life and making an attempt to homicide him at her dwelling.
Advocate depute Michelle Brannagan informed jurors: ‘There’s solely proof of 1 single event when he suffered harm and that was when he was in Dow’s care.’
Kimberly Dow (pictured) inflicted doubtlessly life-threatening accidents on the child she was presupposed to be taking care of
The 34-year-old, of Dunfermline, denied a cost of tried homicide throughout a trial on the Excessive Courtroom in Edinburgh, pictured
When the child was taken to hospital after the assault, important haemorrhaging was discovered round his mind.
The mom of the kid stated had no points or issues after Dow beforehand taken care of the kid when she and her mom contracted Covid.
She stated: ‘He got here again his regular, wee self – completely satisfied and content material.’
She added that on this event Dow phoned her and requested if she may take him for the evening and he or she claimed she tried and didn’t make contact with Dow. Later she then heard that he fell off a sofa.
Dow had been on bail however was remanded in custody by trial decide Woman Ross after the decision. Sentence was deferred for the preparation of a background report.
The trial decide, Woman Ross, stated: ‘I’m glad given the seriousness of the offence and the expectation of a custodial sentence that the suitable course is to revoke bail and remand her in custody.’
