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.
Wow, there's a shocker.
....oh man (laughing)
Maybe for the same reason he didn't bother to take her temperature (under the armpit)... or for the same reason he didn't bother to protect her skin from direct contact with a source of freezer burn when he stuck her in a freezer... or lied about having put her in the freezer just 40 seconds before Mom walked in and found her (yeah, sure)... or closed the freezer door on her... or ignored her screams.
He wanted her dead and probably wasn't expecting her mother to come home when she did.
I find it hard to believe someone can be that stupid.
A blast from the past....
Cool, man!
the child had only been in the freezer for about 40 seconds.
This jerk needs to experiment a bit more. I've found that you can get freezer burns in much less time. Never put a child into a freezer for more than 10 seconds. Jeez, some people are so stupid.
oh dear heaven!
A Canadian lady I know online, was describing how great the Canadian healthcare system is: she gets to go to the doctor "every three months" for a checkup! Wowzer!
This jerk should be keel-hauled in freezing Atlantic waters.
Or at least sent to Minnesota for a while.
Very true it is the breakdown of the traditional family that is at the root of all of this.
I suspect they do we have an NHS help line in Britain I would like Canada does as well. All chemists in Britain and doctors surgeries have cards with on the counter with the phone number you can ring for advice.
Beat this mouth breathing knuckle dragging booger eating moron who's family tree obviously does NOT fork in the middle for the act of FELONIOUS STUPIDITY !!!!
This Creator's blunder is to stupid to us a cup or large water glass to pour cool water over a feverish child & because he is so incredibly stupid I hope & pray that IT gets fixed as part of his sentence .
I realize the people tend to become defensive about their homeland, but why are you arguing for socialized medicine on FR?
"booger eating moron."
The punchline to the greatest racist joke in movie history.
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