R v LG
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | His Honour Judge Babington |
| Judgment Date | 11 May 2023 |
| Neutral Citation | [2023] NICC 13 |
| Court | Crown Court (Northern Ireland) |
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Neutral Citation No: [2023] NICC 13
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: [2023] NICC 13
Delivered: 11/05/2023
IN THE CROWN COURT IN NORTHERN IRELAND SITTING AT BELFAST
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THE KING
v
LG
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HIS HONOUR JUDGE BABINGTON
The Court directed that the identities of the defendant and the injured party
should not be disclosed or reported and that their identities should be
anonymised. The defendant is known as LG and the injured party as F in these
remarks.
[1] The defendant has pleaded guilty to the one count on this indictment that of
inflicting grievous bodily harm upon his son, F, on 30 December 2017. At the time of
the offence F was 12 weeks old. At that time the defendant was 39 years old. He
was married to his wife in 2016 and F was their first child. His wife had previously
suffered a miscarriage.
[2] On 30 December 2017 the defendant and his wife were at home in County
Down. His wife made a 999 call at 04.14 hours. She told the emergency operator
that her baby was not breathing properly. She said that his eyes were slightly open
but he was not breathing and was unresponsive. Instructions were given to carry
out CPR. It was said that F had milk in his mouth that he was trying to bring up and
he was taking gasps. There is no doubt that the defendant himself carefully carried
out the instructions regarding CPR and that his efforts at resuscitating F were
genuine.
[3] Police arrived at 04.30 hours and one of the officers took over CPR duties.
Paramedics arrived shortly afterwards and said they would be leaving for the
hospital immediately. F was taken to the Ulster Hospital, and it was noted that he
was in cardiac arrest. Indeed, the paramedics reported he was in cardiac arrest
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