No jail for man who punched newborn baby in supermarket

A man who randomly hit a baby in a supermarket in England has been convicted of assault by beating.

No jail for man who punched newborn baby in supermarket

A man who randomly hit a baby in a supermarket in England has been convicted of assault by beating.

David Hardy, 64, claimed he was "messing about" and thought he was striking a doll when he tapped five-day-old Elsie Temple with "a loose fist" to playfully "wind up" the baby’s seven-year-old sister.

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