Scots carer repeatedly shook baby leaving him with 11 fractured bones

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A care assistant who violently shook a baby boy leaving him with shocking injuries is facing a lengthy jail sentence.Jose Herreros, 26, attacked the nine-week-old child by seizing him on the body, lifting him up and repeatedly and forcibly shaking him at a house in Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Herreros left the baby boy with 11 fractured bones to his ribs and both legs during the horror incident which occurred between May 27 and 30, 2022.Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told the boy has fortunately made a full recovery from his injuries.

Herreros pleaded guilty to assaulting the child to his severe injury and danger of his life when appeared in the dock at the capital court on Thursday.

A written narration was prepared by prosecutors in advance of the court hearing detailing the assault on the child. Fiscal depute Matthew Miller said the part time care assistant was left in charge of looking after the child while the baby's mother was in hospital in May 2022.