Man given 12 years for shaking baby, causing brain damage

A drug addict who violently shook his 11-week-old son leaving him permanently blind and brain damaged has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The 25-year-old Meath resident, who cannot be named for legal reasons, initially told gardaí the child had fallen off some cushions he had put on the table but later admitted he had shaken and slapped him because of a “build-up of anger”.