Posted on 05/31/2006 12:34:11 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Australian baby 'put in dryer'
An Australian man has been charged with causing bodily harm after he put a 13-month-old baby in a tumble dryer when she spilt a drink on herself.
Samuel Siddall, 21, was left in charge of his girlfriend's baby while she went to the gym for an hour, police said.
She returned to find the baby had suffered serious burns. Doctors notified police because of the suspicious nature of her injuries.
They expect the baby to make a full recovery and leave hospital this week.
'Horrific injuries'
"The injuries are horrific and in my years of being a police officer I have not seen or heard of this type of injury before," police detective Deb Newman told reporters.
"The person we allege has done the act has stated that he has put the child into a clothes tumble dryer, closed the door and turned it on for a couple of minutes," she said.
Police said the child suffered serious burns to both feet and her left hand as well as bruising to her face and back.
Mr Siddall, 21, was released on bail and told to reappear in court in June. He was also forbidden to contact the child's mother.
And it is this kind that breeds the most and brings forth children into poverty and the welfare state.
Gotta be a Queenslander...
Well, welfare system gets them fed and clothed, so they have plenty of time to breed. No (natural) selection pressure.
sounds like a Dole Bludger.
Can we stick this dumba$$ at the top of a large ship's mast and let him get slowly nuked by the radars?
PLEASE?!
This just makes me cry.
Let me get the rope.....
And the guy dragging it is proud of the help.
I have to admit that I had a slight inclination to think of saying something funny, as "man tubling around in large dryer" is classic slapstick. But the thought of a baby going through this makes me sick.
By the way, your response is my new tagline. Thanks.
Thanks for appreciating my comment.:)
If it had been up to me, I'd have released him from the trap door of a gallows (short drop) and told him to reappear in Hell.
Well, you can throw him to salt-water crocodiles. It is probably worse than Hell.:)
As punishment, I suggest putting Mr. Siddall into a dryer and giving him 10 to 15 on the 'permanent press' setting.
He forgot to put on the delicate cycle.
I bet that guy has some serious carpet burns on his knuckles!
The scariest words a kid can ever hear: "Come met Mommy's new boyfriend".
No, that'll probably be his defense,
"Your honor, I used the delicate cycle, how was I to know it wouldn't work with a baby?"
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