Man on trial for putting baby in freezer
 

Man on trial for putting baby in freezer

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian man who could not figure out how to deal with his girlfriend's feverish 10-month-old daughter put the baby into a freezer to cool her down, a local newspaper reported on Friday.

Derrick Hardy faces charges of criminal negligence and assaulting the infant, who was rescued when her mother came home, the Charlottetown Guardian said.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said the mother found the girl crammed into the freezer alongside ice cubes and hamburger meat. Hardy said he had left the door ajar but the mother said it had been closed when she returned.

He told a court in the eastern province of Prince Edward Island on Thursday the child had only been in the freezer for about 40 seconds.

Hardy, 21, who admitted to police that he had no real parenting skills to deal with a sick child, said he had noticed the girl was very hot and put a cool cloth on her face, but this had no effect.

He then carried the girl outside into the night air but, frustrated that this also did not work and worried she might drown if placed in a cold bath, he put the baby into the kitchen freezer. She was wearing only an undershirt.

A local doctor said the mother had described her baby as "crying, sobbing and terrified." The child spent several days in hospital to recover from first- and second-degree freezer burns on her head and torso.

Hardy has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The baby's grandmother now has custody of the girl.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061127/od_nm/baby_dc

WTF, that guy literally has some issues

they should fucking hang him :mad: :mad: :mad:

I would love to find out where this guy lives and put him into a freezer. He deserves a major beating for this.

this is really insane! :mad:

well, some people are really crazy

he's totally crazy! he should be punished! gggrrr

he should be put in the freezer..!!

some people should just be killed on th espot..

crazy shit...

what a retard,,,

That's crazy...if he didn't know what to do with the baby, why not just take her to a doctor or hospital? There are some fucked up people out there...

Jeez, what an idiot. You'd think the guy would have enough sense to call someone and ask what to do.

Why still put him in a trial when you can execute him right away?

That was my thought. It doesn't seem he did this out of anger, or to be hurtful, he was trying to help. Just too stupid to know how. Thank goodness the mother came home when she did.

That sort of stupidity should be lethal. Kill him now before he breeds again!

Holy assclown, parenting skills or not you DON'T put a baby in the freezer that's just retarded

Man oh man, what a dip shit. If she was too cold what would he do? I say microwave 75%, oven 24%, put warm clothes on 1% chances.

21 years and no braines. Absolutely damaged person.
Babys' grandmother should win.

haha that is fucking retarded.

well, Romans used ice baths to throw the fever off

the guy was on the right track

maybe, but:

Seems to indicate the guy was lying about the "40 seconds". I think it was only partially trying to do the right thing and partially similar to guys that beat infants to death because they can't handle listening to the crying.

I'm in for punishment by freezer...or he can serve jailtime in someplace very cold.

I hope that retarded bastard gets whats coming to him when he gets to prison.

lmao all you guys are "HANG'EM HIGH" and whatnot. Look... He wasn't trying to hurt the kid. He wasn't trying to cause any harm to the kid at all.

I admit it was totally fucking retarded to put the kid in the freezer but imho dude doesn't deserve jail time/hanging. He deserves to be forced to take parenting classes and nothing more.

Strike Two!

This guy needs to be dropped off and stranded in Alaska with no coat!

Only in Canada!

What a fucking idiot ! :mad:

what the fuck

He should be put in the freezer permanently

Geez, what an idiot!

That's really fucked up, can't believe I just read that...