In Mogilev, a 20-year-old local resident was on trial, due to whose fault her infant son sustained severe injuries and became disabled. The girl was found guilty of causing harm to his health by negligence and leaving the infant in danger.
Last January, when the boy was just two months old, the girl allowed the child to hit his head hard against a wall — she did not support his head by the neck, according to the court's press release.
The boy sustained a craniocerebral injury with a fracture of the parietal bone and an intracranial hemorrhage. The bodily injuries were classified as severe due to their life-threatening nature. Subsequently, the child was assigned a second degree of disability as a result.
Additionally, the mother left her minor son alone on the bed without protective railings; she left the apartment for several hours, including to visit entertainment venues. During her absence, the child repeatedly fell from the bed to the floor.
Also, facts were established of the infant being injured during bathing and transportation in a stroller. For instance, the girl placed the baby bathtub across the main bathtub and did not ensure its stability — the bathtub overturned, and the child fell out and hit the surface of the bathtub.
When descending the stroller down the stairwell of the entrance, it overturned, the infant fell out, hitting the steps of the staircase.
As a result of multiple falls, the infant suffered multiple rib fractures, arm bone fractures, and other bodily injuries, according to the court's press release.
Law enforcement learned about what was happening in the family from medics who began to record constant injuries in the boy.
In court, the girl admitted her guilt and confirmed that she knew the rules of childcare but ignored them. She has already been deprived of her parental rights, and the boy was transferred to a children's home.
The Leninsky District Court of Mogilev sentenced the girl to 2 years of restriction of liberty without being sent to a correctional institution ("home chemistry").
She was also ordered to pay compensation for moral damages in the amount of 50,000 rubles to her son.
The verdict has not yet entered into legal force and can be appealed.
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