Posted on 11/27/2006 1:08:28 PM PST by presidio9
A Canadian man who could not figure out how to deal with his girlfriend's feverish 10-month-old daughter put the baby into a freezer to cool her down, a local newspaper reported on Friday.
Derrick Hardy faces charges of criminal negligence and assaulting the infant, who was rescued when her mother came home, the Charlottetown Guardian said.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said the mother found the girl crammed into the freezer alongside ice cubes and hamburger meat. Hardy said he had left the door ajar but the mother said it had been closed when she returned.
He told a court in the eastern province of Prince Edward Island on Thursday the child had only been in the freezer for about 40 seconds.
Hardy, 21, who admitted to police that he had no real parenting skills to deal with a sick child, said he had noticed the girl was very hot and put a cool cloth on her face, but this had no effect.
He then carried the girl outside into the night air but, frustrated that this also did not work and worried she might drown if placed in a cold bath, he put the baby into the kitchen freezer. She was wearing only an undershirt.
A local doctor said the mother had described her baby as "crying, sobbing and terrified." The child spent several days in hospital to recover from first- and second-degree freezer burns on her head and torso.
Hardy has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The baby's grandmother now has custody of the girl.
Liberals will instruct us that it was his good intentions that count. ;)
What's the big deal? He was only concerned about the baby and trying to make her feel better.
Thats pretty cold-hearted.
He just sounds really really stupid, not malicious.
Yeah, all that happened in 40 seconds.
sheesh.
What does he do when the kid has goosebumps? Stick him in the microwave?
What a chilling story.
This is a case in which the punishment should fit the crime. He should spend some quality time locked in a freezer himself.
I think we can all agree on that.
Some people are in serious need of a beating with a baseball bat................
On the flip side, she's now the coolest kid at her daycare center.
LOL ... "Honest Judge, I was just trying to thaw the kid!"
Can I ask the naive question why didn't he just call an ambulance or take the child to the hospital ?
I thought that too until I saw that she had freezer burns. That's got to take longer than 40 seconds...I think, I have actually never put my children in a freezer to find out.
Would he be allowed to confer with this gentleman for some pointers?
After only 40 seconds...???? No, it sounds like this little girl was in the freezer for at least a couple of minutes. The moron who did this to her needs to be horse-whipped!
How bright was the mother. I mean how do you not know your boyfriend is a complete idiot ?
Once again, the present danger is mommy's boyfriend.
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