A drug addict from the Ludlow area who poisoned a disabled child by putting speed in a can of fizzy pop has been jailed.
The 39-year-old man put the white powder in a can of Orangina and encouraged the nine-year-old boy, who had epilepsy and cerebral palsy, to drink it.
Later that evening on November 16, 2020, the man told the woman he was"so sorry" and confessed to spiking the drink. The pair pleaded guilty to ill-treatment/neglect of a child to cause unnecessary suffering. The man admitted an additional charge of possession of cannabis. "He also had a difficult break-up, and there was a miscarriage in that relationship. On August 20, 2019, he was attacked with a hammer. He still has an indentation in his skull and is awaiting reconstructive surgery."Judge David Hale told the man:"While I have a degree of sympathy for her , I have no sympathy for you. Depression, PTSD and addiction is one thing, but to deliberately give amphetamine to a nine-year-old, grossly disabled child is unforgivable.
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