DESCRIPTION:
The idea of a trip to the local supermarket seems uneventful. So the last thing you would expect when taking your five-day-old baby out of the house for the first time, is your sleeping newborn being punched in the face by a random stranger. The attack would lead to a stay in hospital and an ensuing trial for common assault, on a baby that wasn't even a week old.
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COURT DOCUMENTS and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: BBC NEWS, INDEPENDENT, THE GUARDIAN, STANDARD, MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS, EXPRESS, DAILY MAIL, THE SUN, DAILY RECORD, METRO, EVENING EXPRESS and THE JOURNAL.
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MUSIC:
Under Cover by Wayne Jones
Lullabye by Density & Time
Light Years Away by Doug Maxwell
Beyond the Lows by The Whole Other
Melting Sands by ELPHNT
Gently Onwards by ELPHNT
Ether Real by Density & Time
Adrift by ELPHNT
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
BBC NEWS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-37294307
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-37303077
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38079322
INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/man-arrested-punching-baby-tesco-a-toy-doll-five-days-old-manchester-a7229566.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/david-hardy-guilty-punching-five-day-old-baby-supermarket-baguley-salford-a7434796.html
THE GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/07/man-arrested-after-five-day-old-baby-punched-supermarket-tesco
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/29/david-hardy-elsie-temple-punching-baby-thought-she-was-doll
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/23/man-is-fined-for-punching-five-day-old-girl-at-tesco
STANDARD
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/arrest-after-fivedayold-baby-punched-in-the-face-in-supermarket-a3338716.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-guilty-of-randomly-punching-baby-in-face-at-supermarket-fined-900-a3403121.html
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/baby-punched-tesco-wythenshawe-supermarket-11850577
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mum-baby-punched-tesco-wythenshawe-11853032
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/baby-punched-in-head-tesco-11852053
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tesco-baby-punched-man-charged-11857870
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/david-hardy-denies-punching-baby-11955860
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/david-hardy-punching-baby-trial-12217506
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/baby-punched-mums-fury-sentence-12220979
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mum-newborn-baby-who-punched-12223235
EXPRESS
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/708199/Five-day-old-baby-punched-in-face-supermarket
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/715939/Man-punched-baby-in-the-face-doll-tesco-Manchester
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/735871/man-punched-baby-david-hardy-doll-Elsie-Temple-amy-duckers-manchester-court-common-assault
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3776763/Man-63-arrested-five-day-old-baby-punched-face.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3813801/Man-63-punched-newborn-baby-FACE-thought-doll.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3963890/Shopper-64-punched-five-day-old-baby-shopping-Tesco-denies-assault-thought-little-girl-DOLL.html
THE SUN
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1738386/thug-punched-5-day-old-baby-girl-in-the-face-in-tesco-then-says-sorry-i-thought-it-was-a-doll/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1878802/family-man-who-punched-5-day-old-baby-in-the-face-in-tesco-tells-court-he-thought-she-was-a-toy/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2245744/mums-fury-as-stranger-who-punched-five-day-old-baby-in-tesco-is-let-off-with-just-a-fine/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2254882/1000-sign-petition-demanding-tougher-sentence-after-man-who-punched-baby-in-tesco-was-let-off-with-a-fine/
DAILY RECORD
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/thug-punches-newborn-baby-head-8781095
- 19:19, 6 SEP 2016
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-charged-punching-tiny-five-8791080
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-63-charged-assault-after-8791457
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/crime/man-63-court-charged-punching-8940432
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/tesco-shopper-who-punched-five-9317702
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/mum-slams-soft-sentence-handed-9320326
METRO
https://metro.co.uk/2016/09/06/man-punches-baby-in-the-head-then-says-sorry-i-thought-she-was-a-doll-6113488/
https://metro.co.uk/2016/09/08/man-charged-with-punching-five-day-old-baby-in-the-face-6115879/
https://metro.co.uk/2016/09/29/man-charged-with-punching-five-day-old-says-he-thought-it-was-a-doll-6160649/
https://metro.co.uk/2016/11/23/man-denies-punching-newborn-baby-in-the-face-saying-he-thought-it-was-a-doll-6277407/
EVENING EXPRESS
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/uk/man-arrested-mistaking-newborn-baby-doll-punching-supermarket/
THE JOURNAL
https://www.thejournal.ie/man-punched-baby-manchester-2968745-Sep2016/
CHANGE
https://www.change.org/p/manchester-courts-justice-for-baby-elsie
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