SHIRLEY CLEMONS SHAKES BABY IN COVENTRY LEAVING CHILD BRAIN-DAMAGED AND JAILED FOR 12 MONTHS
In a case that has shocked the Coventry community, Shirley Clemons, a registered childminder from Coventry, was sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty of inflicting severe harm on a five-month-old baby girl.
The incident, which occurred last year, involved Clemons shaking the infant with such force that her brain was violently jostled inside her skull, akin to the impact of a high-speed car crash.
The young victim, whose identity is protected for legal reasons, was left in a critical condition, with injuries so severe that she was close to death at the time.
The damage caused by the assault resulted in a brain injury that will significantly impair her development for the rest of her life.
The court heard that the injury was so profound that her brain was described as being
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In a case that has shocked the Coventry community, Shirley Clemons, a registered childminder from Coventry, was sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty of inflicting severe harm on a five-month-old baby girl. The incident,...
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a year
In a case that has shocked the Coventry community, Shirley Clemons, a registered childminder from Coventry, was sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty of inflicting severe harm on a five-month-old baby girl
