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By: Sophie Lowery | Latest Crime News | Monday August 13 2012 17:57
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A 20-year-old Napier father, who broke his baby daughter's legs, has been sentenced to one year of home detention. James Hall admitted last year bending back the legs of his five-month-old baby and squeezing her hard against his body, causing fractures in both legs and a break in her shin. In sentencing in the High Court in Napier today, Hall's lawyer told the court he had trouble bonding with the baby and was having difficulties being a teenage father. Justice Peters told Hall it was very rare for home detention to be imposed in cases involving violence and children, but that his age is a significant mitigating factor. |
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