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Thomas Cockings sentenced to 15 months in prison afterSwansea Criminal Courtheard that a boy had picked up a young victim after he went near a dog I received
He then gritted his teeth and told the young victim to lie to his mother when he got home and say that he had been hit by a ball while playing. rice field.
The judge sent the defendant to prison, stating that the defendant had no remorse and that the seizure story was a "pathetic attempt to avoid responsibility."
Prosecutor Ieuan Rees said the boy returned home in late summer 2021 and his mother noticed bite marks on his arm.
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Media Wales Ltd)The boy said he was bitten by a dog, but his mother discovered another injury. This time it looked like a human on his chest. Bites, not dog bites.
The boy told her mother that the bruise on her chest was from being hit by a ball, but she was unconvinced and called her non-emergency 101 number to report the infection. I was advised to see a doctor because of the risk of bite.
She took her son to Morriston Hospital A&E unit, and Mr Rees said it was at this point that the boy said he was bitten by the 29-year-old defendant. }
Authorities were alerted and the child was sent to Swansea's Singleton Hospital for further examination.
Cockings was arrested and debriefed, and told officers that his dog had "pinched" the boy's arm, but denied causing a chest injury.
}The court was told that he had agreed to have an impression of his teeth taken, which, along with an enhanced photograph of the boy's complex birthmark on his chest, was sent to an expert for comparison. I was.
Rees said the expert concluded that "the conclusion that the defendant was the perpetrator carries weight."
When the results of the trial were known, Cockings was interviewed again and answered "no comment" to all questions.
Cockings, from his Talbot, actually previously pleaded guilty to assault involving bodily harm.
Cockings defendant John Allchurch said the defendant had a form of focal epilepsy and had suffered from mental health problems since childhood.
His client had been diagnosed with depression, anxiety and borderline personality disorder, the latter symptoms of which included impulsiveness and angry outbursts. approached defendant's dog after he was told to stay away and was bitten, and said Cockings may have "impulsively" picked him up.
QC Judge Paul Thomas told Cockings that what he had done to his victim had caused ugly bite marks on his chest, which must have been a terrifying and embarrassing experience for the boy.
Judge Thomas called the seizure story a "false account" of what happened and a "pathetic attempt to avoid liability."
He said that Cockings displayed self-pity rather than remorse, and the authors of the pre-sentence report said that Cockings poses a danger to children because of his personality disorder.
