US father given 16-year jail term for child neglect after rat attack on baby

David Schonabaum has been jailed (Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department via AP)

An Indiana man convicted of child neglect after a rat attack left his six-month-old son with disfiguring injuries has been sentenced to the maximum 16 years in prison.

A judge sentenced David Schonabaum, 32, after the Evansville man was convicted by a jury in September on three felony counts of neglect of a dependent.