Lyndsay Lawrence was locked up for mistreatment of the child at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday.
A woman who burned a baby with a hairdryer and fractured the child's skull was jailed for four years yesterday. Lyndsay Lawrence carried out the violent attack when she was supposed to be looking after the tot.
A jury at her earlier trial acquitted her of that charge but found her guilty of assaulting the child to his severe injury and to the danger of his life. She was also found guilty of wilfully exposing the child in a way likely to cause him unnecessary suffering or injury by burning his body with a hairdryer.
Advocate depute Lynsey Rodger told the court that the evidence suggested that the baby was normal until he was left alone with Lawrence, who was supposed to be looking after him for his mother. "The evidence, when you put it together, tells you that the person who caused the injuries is the accused. We know the injuries were non-accidental. They were deliberate. They were an assault upon him."
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