November 2013 Baby submerged in bath of hot water suffered catalogue of abuse A man submerged a screaming baby in a bath of hot water and inflicted a catalogue of abuse against the child, a court heard. Sadistic Michael Chambers from Bangor threw the child against a wall, struck it with a blow-up “SpongeBob” toy and even  burned the youngster with a cigarette, Caernarfon crown court was told. Prosecutor Sion ap Mihangel said Chambers, 22 of Lon Ogwen  also threw the child against a wall, squirted cola into the baby’s hair, threw a trainer at the infant and verbally abused the baby calling it “mong child.” On one occasion deodorant was squirted in the baby’s hair despite the youngster having a skin allergy, and during other incidents the baby was burned with a cigarette and squeezed to make it cry, Mr ap Mihangel added. He had also been physically abusive towards a young woman. Chambers was jailed for four years. He admitted ill-treating a child, trying to pervert the course of justice, threatening to kill the woman by injecting her with bleach, and assault causing actual bodily harm. Judge Niclas Parry labelled Chambers  a “bully and control freak.” There were “sustained, repeated attacks” on the woman who the prosecution said had once blacked out after being strangled with a sock placed around her neck. She had also allegedly been punched, kicked and spat at, and her nose had been bitten. Dafydd Roberts, defending, said Chambers had been taking steroids at the time. He had enrolled on an anger management course in custody. Judge Parry told Chambers: “Any right-minded member of the public would be sickened by what we heard. It was sadistic behaviour.”