Pressure of first-time fatherhood made man shake his baby daughter, Cork cruelty trial told

The defendant said on Tuesday that none of those things happened, that he never shook or dropped the infant

The 31-year-old man got into the witness box today at his trial by judge and jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday and denied that he ever shook or dropped his daughter at any time. File picture: Larry Cummins

The accused man on trial for cruelty to his six-month-old baby daughter and seriously assaulting her is not a monster but did shake the infant because he was under pressure and overwhelmed as a first-time father, the prosecution claimed.

The 31-year-old man got into the witness box at his trial by judge and jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday and denied that he ever shook or dropped his daughter at any time.