A MAN who inflicted "catastrophic" injuries on a six-week old baby has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
Steven Davidson admitted shaking the baby girl to her severe injury and danger of life at a house in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, on October 3 2012.
The 23-year-old was looking after the child while her mother was asleep.
The child, now aged two, cannot sit upright or communicate and needs round-the-clock care.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lady Scott said Davidson's actions had resulted in truly tragic consequences for the child.
The judge said: "She suffered truly catastrophic injuries, causing very real danger to her life."
Defence counsel Ronnie Renucci said first offender Davidson had accepted full responsibility for the offence in "a truly tragic case".
Advocate depute Paul Kearney, prosecuting, outlined the consequences of the girl's injuries.
He said: "She has an acquired brain injury which has left her with a severe physical disability. She is not able to sit unaided and has restricted movement in her upper limbs."
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