The parents of a baby accused of causing serious injuries by shaking him have been sentenced to three years in prison after the trial in Criminal Court number 4 of Oviedo. The ruling coincides with what was requested by the Prosecutor's Office of the Principality of Asturias.

Thus, the mother of the baby, born in 1997, and the father, born in 1994, both residents of Oviedo, have been convicted as perpetrators of a crime of serious injury with aggravated relationship..

In addition to three years in prison for each one, the ruling also includes the disqualification for the exercise of parental authority as well as the right to passive suffrage during the time of the sentence.. It also points out the prohibition to approach the minor at less than 500 meters and to communicate with him for eight years.

Likewise, compensation of 300,000 euros is set for the minor and Sespa for the amount of the assistance provided plus late-payment interest, as well as the payment of costs between the two convicted persons..

There is an appeal against the sentence, within a period of 10 days from the day following its notification, before the Provincial Court of Oviedo.

Prosecutor's account

According to the account of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the minor, born prematurely in March 2021, lived in Oviedo with his parents in the company of another underage sister, and was admitted to the emergency department of the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA) in a coma in the early morning of August 1 of that same year with a sudden deterioration of the general state.

“The defendants carried out these acts with the purpose of undermining the physical integrity of the minor but without duly taking into account his fragility, given his age and premature birth, and without representing the consequences that could cause him,” he pointed out, emphasizing that “the minor He required medical-pediatric treatment to stabilize his injuries”.

In this regard, the Prosecutor's Office indicated that he was left with hypotonia, visual alteration and psychomotor retardation and irritability, with the risk of developing infantile paralysis or psychomotor retardation or visual disability pending his evolution.. “Given its development, it will require, at the very least, ongoing pediatric care, therapist support, rehabilitation, speech therapy, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy,” he added.