Mum of shaken baby relieved after father jailed five years on
On 9 March 2018, while Natasha popped to a doctors appointment, Bateman phoned her to say their son had bumped his lip on his shoulder.After a call to emergency services Natasha was told to administer CPR before the boy was taken into hospital.
The injuries caused multiple seizures resulting in brain damage and later a diagnosis of cerebral palsy.On the baby boy's final day in hospital, to her shock, both Natasha and Bateman were arrested. It wasn't just authorities who had suspicions about her role in the baby's injuries. The police and ambulance workers who attended the aftermath of the incident had inevitably caught the attention of neighbours."They'd judge me and I was like, I didn't need to give them an explanation. The people that knew I didn't do it, thankfully, like my family and friends, knew I couldn't do something like that.
There were years of criminal court delays, in part due to the start of the coronavirus pandemic and Bateman's denials that he had harmed his son. "To hear him say is something we've all wanted to hear. But then to hear him say it five years later is too late. He hasn't had to see what he has done. He's lived a normal life. He's carried on with his life".
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