He was alleged to have shaken his five-week-old daughter Olivia to death at the family home.
But that was the charge facing financial advisor Ian Ruddock at the High Court in Edinburgh in August 2015.
Police were later alerted to Ruddock by hospital doctors in 2013 when he was suspected of assaulting a second baby, this time a boy, who had a fractured skull and ribs. During a lengthy investigation and series of interviews at Govan Police Office in Glasgow, Ruddock denied any wrongdoing and insisted he was a loving and doting father.
Ruddock, now living in Shawlands, also faced a separate charge of attempted murder of the boy between March and May 2013 when he was only a few weeks old. During Ruddock’s seven-week trial, Wendy, then 37, told the court about her daughter’s tragic final moments.But during the feed, Olivia became unwell, prompting him to shout for her.“He shouted on me to phone an ambulance, which I did immediately.
He told the jury that his daughter’s final hours were ‘mainly a blur’, adding: “I was trying to get her to wake up. I can just remember holding her and trying to get her to wake up.” The trial judge Lord Bannatyne also thanked jurors for sitting through the complex case, adding: “There are few circumstances more tragic than the death of a child.”
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