Infant had brain haemorrhages, bruising, detached retinas and rib fractures, trial hears

A consultant paediatrician has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that medical evidence points to serious non-accidental injury in a case involving a ten-month-old infant. Dr Christopher Hobbs, a UK expert in physical signs of child abuse, testified on the second day of the trial that hospital records documented brain haemorrhages, facial bruising, detached retinas and rib fractures in the child. Dr Hobbs stated the…