Catch-up (2): Michael Beakley: Kamloops; British Columbia; He has been acquitted of causing his baby's brain injury. Shaken baby syndrome case. Vancouver Sun.

  STORY: "Kamloops father acquitted of causing baby's brain injury," by reporter Tim Petruk, pubished by The Vancouver Sun on July 3, 2014.

GIST:  "A Kamloops father was acquitted Thursday on charges he caused brain damage in his baby daughter more than two years ago by violently shaking her.
Michael Beakley showed little emotion as B.C. Supreme Court Justice Hope Hyslop delivered an oral decision, but relatives of the baby’s mother, Cassandra Gunn, became visibly distraught after the verdict was read. “He’ll rot in hell,” Gunn’s mother yelled from the back of the courtroom while hugging her crying daughter. Hunter Beakley was seven months old in February, 2012, when she was taken first to Royal Inland Hospital and then to BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver for treatment of a brain injury caused by physical abuse. Hyslop ruled the Crown’s case was too flimsy for a conviction — specifically regarding the timing of the injuries suffered by the child. At trial, court heard a Children’s Hospital doctor testify the injuries could have occurred in a 4.5-hour window on Feb. 14, 2012, during which Hunter was in the sole care of her father. But, the doctor said, they also could have been inflicted as much as a day earlier. Doctors testified Hunter had hemorrhaging in her brain and in her right eye that could only have been caused by physical abuse. In her decision, Hyslop mentioned the “fragile” emotional and mental-health history of Gunn, who admitted to having a hard time with Hunter’s “inconsolable” crying.”"

The entire story can be found at:

http://www.vancouversun.com/Kamloops+father+acquitted+causing+baby+brain+injury/9998737/story.html

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