‘Monster man-child’ who threw child daughter at TV then ran away instructed friends he ‘snapped’

Rhydian Jamieson, 28, said he ‘lost it’ when he threw his own baby daughter at the television and then ‘ran away,’ – the horrifying incident left the infant with life-changing injuries

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A “monster man-child” who threw his own baby daughter at a television in rage has been jailed for 35 years in his absence. Rhydian Jamieson admitted to gaming pals that he just “lost it” and “snapped” when he hurled the infant causing her catastrophic injuries.

The 28-year-old of Cwm Cou, Newcastle Emlyn refused to turn up to his sentencing for attempted murder at Swansea Crown Court today, claiming he’d been wrongfully charged, and that he “suffered enough pain mentally”.

A reporting restriction that had been in place to protect the identity of the victim as Jamieson’s daughter was also lifted by the judge to allow his “wickedness” to be fully known.

The court heard that emergency services were called to a property in Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, on January 15 last year, and a baby was rushed to Glangwili Hospital, reports WalesOnline.

Prosecutor, Caroline Rees KC said the infant was later transferred 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 hid the baby under a duvet and ran away from the property. He then contacted people he knew from online gaming telling them he had “snapped” and “lost it” and thrown a baby at a television.

The court heard his gaming friends told him to call an ambulance but he told them he thought the child was dead. He was arrested in Cardigan on the night of the incident and made unsolicited comments to officers that he had killed the child.

Jamieson subsequently answered “no comment” to all questions before then trying to blame the baby’s injuries on someone else, who wasn’t at the property at the time.

The court heard the baby suffered “profound, life-alterning” brain damage as a result of the incident and has suffered “significant physical and intellectual impairment”. They now require life-long care and support “for all activities in life”.

The baby also suffered visual impairment, is likely to suffer from epileptic seizures for life, and has “global developmental delay” with “features of cerebral palsy.”

In a devastating victim impact statement, the baby’s grandmother described Jamieson as a “monster”. Another relative called Jamieson a “pathetic man-child who wanted to inflict pain on an innocent child”.

The mother of the victim described the defendant as a “disgusting person” who has caused her family so much pain.

Jamieson who has previous convictions for driving matters, criminal damage, common assault, stalking, and public disorder admitted attempted murder in April last year and then applied to the court to vacate his plea.

The matter went to a contested hearing where the defendant gave evidence but Judge Paul Thomas KC refused the application.

The prosecution barrister said Jamieson gave evidence at the hearing which was categorised as “self-pittying”.

She said Jamieson took steps to “conceal” the infant by placing the child under a duvet – and then “ran away” from the scene and did not call the emergency services which were all aggravating factors.

Judge Paul Thomas KC passed sentence on the defendant in his absence, and said: “Rhydian Rhys Jamieson 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.”

He added: “You are consumed purely by self-pity that you have to be punished for what you did. Your only thoughts are all about you and not about anybody else”

The judge says in a “fit of uncontrollable temper” the defendant threw the baby at a television and then, “acting like the coward you are”, left the scene without checking on the child, having first concealed the infant under a duvet.

The judge said Jamieson did not check the child or call the emergency services but simply left the infant “for all you knew dying” of the injuries he had caused in what the judge calls “an act of horrendous callousness and self-interest”.

The judge noted Jamieson then sought to vacate his guilty plea and gave evidence to the court. He said the defendant then refused to co-operate with the author of the pre-sentence report saying he would “rather use the gym” than explain his actions.