Baby left brain damaged after dad threw her at TV

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After injuring the baby, he left without checking on her (Picture: Wales News Service)

A dad has been jailed for 35 years for attempted murder after throwing his daughter at a television set.

Rhydian Jamieson, 28, refused to appear for sentencing at Swansea Crown Court and was described as showing ‘not a scintilla of true remorse’ for what he had done.

Prosecutor Caroline Rees the baby was taken to hospital from a house in Y Ferwig, Ceredicion, on January 15 last year.

She suffered from significant injuries that have left her with severe disabilities, vision issues, epileptic fits and developmental setbacks.

Judge Paul Thomas called the assaultan ‘act of horrendous callousness and self-interest’.

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Pictured here is Rhydian Jamieson A brute who tried to kill a baby by throwing the child at a TV screen was today(mon) jailed for 35 years. Rhydian Jamieson, 28, caused the child to be brain-damaged for life in the attack while playing a video game. Jamieson - who was described as a "monster" by the child's grandmother - fled without getting medical help for the baby after the attack. The court heard he contacted people he knew from online gaming to say he had ???snapped??? and ???lost it??? to throw the baby at a television. His gaming friends told Jamieson to call an ambulance - but he told them he thought the child was dead. Prosecutor Caroline Rees KC said Jamieson took steps to ???conceal??? the crime by placing the child under a duvet. He then ???ran away??? from the scene and did not call the emergency services. Miss Rees told Swansea Crown Court the baby suffered ???profound, life-alterning??? brain damage as a result. She said the baby had ???significant physical and intellectual impairment??? and will require life-long care and support ???for all activities in life???. Miss Rees saids the child has also suffered visual impairment, is likely to suffer from epileptic seizures for life, and has ???global developmental delay??? with ???features of cerebral palsy???. Miss Rees said Jamieson was arrested later that night and told police that he had killed the child. An impact statement from the child???s grandmother described Jamieson as a ???monster???. The court also heard from another family member who described Jamieson as a ???pathetic man-child who wanted to inflict pain on an innocent child???. The mother of the victim described him as a ???disgusting person??? who has caused her family so much pain. The court heard Jamieson later tried to blame another member of the child???s family for causing the injuries. But the person falsely blamed was not at the property at the time in January last year. Miss Rees said emergency services were called to a property in Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, and a baby was rushed to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen. She says due to the severity of the child???s injury the infant was rushed to University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where medics found bleeding on the brain, a fractured skull, bleeding in both eyes, and bruising and swelling to the face and limbs. The injuries were deemed to be ???life threatening???. Jamieson has previous convictions for driving matters, criminal damage, common assault, stalking, and public disorder. Gerard Hillman KC, mitigating for Jamieson, said he accepted he had caused injury. Judge Paul Thomas KT had a letter from Jamieson via the prison saying he will not be attending the hearing. The judge said Jamieson said he has been wrongfully charged, and that he ???suffered enough pain mentally???. Jamieson, of Newcastle Emlyn, admitted attempted murder of the tiny tot who was left with "catastrophic and life-threatening" injuries. The judge told him: ???You have not had the courage to come to court today to have sentence passed against you. "You claim you are wrongfully convicted - I find you do not show a scintilla of true remorse for what you did to that baby. "Your only thoughts are all about you and not about anybody else??? The judge says in a ???fit of uncontrollable temper??? he threw the baby at a television. Judge Thomas said: "Acting like the coward you are, you left the scene without checking on the child, having first concealed the infant under a duvet." The judge says Jamieson did not check the child or call the emergency services but simply left the infant ???for all you knew dying???. Judge Thomas called it ???an act of horrendous callousness and self-interest???. He jailed Jamieson for 35 years. WALES NEWS SERVICE
He’ll spend the next 35 years in prison (Picture: Wales News Service)

Jamieson initially tried to retract his guilty plea, refused to co-operate with pre-sentence reports, and had previously made remarks attempting to blame a family member for the child’s injuries.

He was also depicted as being ‘consumed purely by self-pity.’

Jamieson’s criminal record includes convictions for driving offences, criminal damage, common assault, stalking, and public disorder.

The child’s family delivered harrowing impact statements, branding Jamieson a ‘pathetic man-child who wanted to inflict pain on an innocent child.’

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