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Baby left with brain damage after dad brutally threw her at TV

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After injuring the baby, he left without checking on her (Picture: Wales News Service)

A father has been handed a 35-year jail sentence after throwing his infant daughter at a television in an ‘uncontrollable’ fit of rage.

Rhydian Jamieson, 28, from Cwm Cou, Newcastle Emlyn, hurled the baby girl before departing the scene without checking on her, Swansea Crown Court was told.

Jamieson, who admitted to attempted murder at Swansea Crown Court in April of the previous year, was characterised by the judge as showing ‘not a scintilla of true remorse’ for his actions.

Caroline Rees KC told the court that emergency services were called to a property in Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, on January 15 last year.

The baby was immediately taken to Glangwili Hospital, Wales Online reported, before being transferred to University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.

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There, doctors found bleeding on the brain, a fractured skull, and severe bruising.

Pictured here is Rhydian Jamieson A brute who tried to kill a baby by throwing the child at a TV screen was today(mon) jailed for 35 years. Rhydian Jamieson, 28, caused the child to be brain-damaged for life in the attack while playing a video game. Jamieson - who was described as a "monster" by the child's grandmother - fled without getting medical help for the baby after the attack. The court heard he contacted people he knew from online gaming to say he had ???snapped??? and ???lost it??? to throw the baby at a television. His gaming friends told Jamieson to call an ambulance - but he told them he thought the child was dead. Prosecutor Caroline Rees KC said Jamieson took steps to ???conceal??? the crime by placing the child under a duvet. He then ???ran away??? from the scene and did not call the emergency services. Miss Rees told Swansea Crown Court the baby suffered ???profound, life-alterning??? brain damage as a result. She said the baby had ???significant physical and intellectual impairment??? and will require life-long care and support ???for all activities in life???. Miss Rees saids the child has also suffered visual impairment, is likely to suffer from epileptic seizures for life, and has ???global developmental delay??? with ???features of cerebral palsy???. Miss Rees said Jamieson was arrested later that night and told police that he had killed the child. An impact statement from the child???s grandmother described Jamieson as a ???monster???. The court also heard from another family member who described Jamieson as a ???pathetic man-child who wanted to inflict pain on an innocent child???. The mother of the victim described him as a ???disgusting person??? who has caused her family so much pain. The court heard Jamieson later tried to blame another member of the child???s family for causing the injuries. But the person falsely blamed was not at the property at the time in January last year. Miss Rees said emergency services were called to a property in Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, and a baby was rushed to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen. She says due to the severity of the child???s injury the infant was rushed to University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where medics found bleeding on the brain, a fractured skull, bleeding in both eyes, and bruising and swelling to the face and limbs. The injuries were deemed to be ???life threatening???. Jamieson has previous convictions for driving matters, criminal damage, common assault, stalking, and public disorder. Gerard Hillman KC, mitigating for Jamieson, said he accepted he had caused injury. Judge Paul Thomas KT had a letter from Jamieson via the prison saying he will not be attending the hearing. The judge said Jamieson said he has been wrongfully charged, and that he ???suffered enough pain mentally???. Jamieson, of Newcastle Emlyn, admitted attempted murder of the tiny tot who was left with "catastrophic and life-threatening" injuries. The judge told him: ???You have not had the courage to come to court today to have sentence passed against you. "You claim you are wrongfully convicted - I find you do not show a scintilla of true remorse for what you did to that baby. "Your only thoughts are all about you and not about anybody else??? The judge says in a ???fit of uncontrollable temper??? he threw the baby at a television. Judge Thomas said: "Acting like the coward you are, you left the scene without checking on the child, having first concealed the infant under a duvet." The judge says Jamieson did not check the child or call the emergency services but simply left the infant ???for all you knew dying???. Judge Thomas called it ???an act of horrendous callousness and self-interest???. He jailed Jamieson for 35 years. WALES NEWS SERVICE
He’ll spend the next 35 years in prison (Picture: Wales News Service)

The court was told that the baby girl has since been left with severe physical and intellectual disabilities, vision problems, lifelong epileptic fits and developmental setbacks consistent with cerebral palsy.

The case has exposed the catastrophic consequences of the assault on the baby and her relatives, who have condemned the defendant as a ‘disgusting person’ responsible for inflicting tremendous suffering.

Judge Paul Thomas KC sentenced Jamieson to 35 years in prison while calling the assault an ‘act of horrendous callousness and self-interest.’

Pictured here is Rhydian Jamieson A brute who tried to kill a baby by throwing the child at a TV screen was today(mon) jailed for 35 years. Rhydian Jamieson, 28, caused the child to be brain-damaged for life in the attack while playing a video game. Jamieson - who was described as a "monster" by the child's grandmother - fled without getting medical help for the baby after the attack. The court heard he contacted people he knew from online gaming to say he had ???snapped??? and ???lost it??? to throw the baby at a television. His gaming friends told Jamieson to call an ambulance - but he told them he thought the child was dead. Prosecutor Caroline Rees KC said Jamieson took steps to ???conceal??? the crime by placing the child under a duvet. He then ???ran away??? from the scene and did not call the emergency services. Miss Rees told Swansea Crown Court the baby suffered ???profound, life-alterning??? brain damage as a result. She said the baby had ???significant physical and intellectual impairment??? and will require life-long care and support ???for all activities in life???. Miss Rees saids the child has also suffered visual impairment, is likely to suffer from epileptic seizures for life, and has ???global developmental delay??? with ???features of cerebral palsy???. Miss Rees said Jamieson was arrested later that night and told police that he had killed the child. An impact statement from the child???s grandmother described Jamieson as a ???monster???. The court also heard from another family member who described Jamieson as a ???pathetic man-child who wanted to inflict pain on an innocent child???. The mother of the victim described him as a ???disgusting person??? who has caused her family so much pain. The court heard Jamieson later tried to blame another member of the child???s family for causing the injuries. But the person falsely blamed was not at the property at the time in January last year. Miss Rees said emergency services were called to a property in Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, and a baby was rushed to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen. She says due to the severity of the child???s injury the infant was rushed to University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where medics found bleeding on the brain, a fractured skull, bleeding in both eyes, and bruising and swelling to the face and limbs. The injuries were deemed to be ???life threatening???. Jamieson has previous convictions for driving matters, criminal damage, common assault, stalking, and public disorder. Gerard Hillman KC, mitigating for Jamieson, said he accepted he had caused injury. Judge Paul Thomas KT had a letter from Jamieson via the prison saying he will not be attending the hearing. The judge said Jamieson said he has been wrongfully charged, and that he ???suffered enough pain mentally???. Jamieson, of Newcastle Emlyn, admitted attempted murder of the tiny tot who was left with "catastrophic and life-threatening" injuries. The judge told him: ???You have not had the courage to come to court today to have sentence passed against you. "You claim you are wrongfully convicted - I find you do not show a scintilla of true remorse for what you did to that baby. "Your only thoughts are all about you and not about anybody else??? The judge says in a ???fit of uncontrollable temper??? he threw the baby at a television. Judge Thomas said: "Acting like the coward you are, you left the scene without checking on the child, having first concealed the infant under a duvet." The judge says Jamieson did not check the child or call the emergency services but simply left the infant ???for all you knew dying???. Judge Thomas called it ???an act of horrendous callousness and self-interest???. He jailed Jamieson for 35 years. WALES NEWS SERVICE
The child’s family said Jamieson was a ‘pathetic man-child’ (Picture: Wales News Service)

The court was told that Jamieson initially tried to retract his guilty plea, refused to co-operate with pre-sentence reports, and had previously made remarks attempting to blame a family member for the child’s injuries.

He was also depicted as being ‘consumed purely by self-pity.’

Jamieson’s criminal record includes convictions for driving offences, criminal damage, common assault, stalking, and public disorder.

The child’s family delivered harrowing impact statements, branding Jamieson a ‘pathetic man-child who wanted to inflict pain on an innocent child.’

Jamieson declined to appear at his sentencing hearing, insisting he had been wrongly charged and had already endured sufficient mental anguish.

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