Shaazia Arshad, then aged 26, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, is scheduled to be released from prison within weeks after serving only a fraction of a three-year sentence for violently assaulting a one-month-old baby boy.
The prosecution arose from an investigation into severe injuries inflicted on the newborn infant at a residential property in Bo’ness, West Lothian.
Medical examinations commenced after the child was brought into hospital suffering from multiple traumatic injuries.
Specialist paediatric doctors conducted extensive skeletal surveys, which revealed that the one-month-old boy had sustained nearly 30 separate injuries across his body.
The medical findings documented:
- 19 broken ribs
- A broken right arm
- Two broken thighs (femur fractures)
- Fractures to the tibia and fibula on both legs
- A bruised and haemorrhaged eyelid
Consultant paediatricians and medical experts confirmed that the sheer volume and severity of the blunt-force skeletal fractures were comparable to the catastrophic impact forces experienced by individuals in high-speed vehicular crashes.
Arshad formally entered a guilty plea to a charge of assaulting the infant to his severe injury.
Court hearings noted that Arshad displayed complete indifference and remorselessness throughout the inquiry, repeatedly refusing to tell detectives, social workers, or medical staff how or why she inflicted the multiple bone fractures on the child.
Following the assault, the infant was removed from the environment and placed into the care of foster parents, where he has since made a full physical recovery.
Last year, the court imposed a custodial sentence of three years (36 months).
Release Calculation: Under statutory sentencing legislation governing standard determinate custodial sentences under four years, offenders serve one-half (18 months) of their term in prison before receiving automatic early release on licence. Having accumulated credit for time detained on remand alongside reaching her statutory halfway release point, Arshad is scheduled to be discharged from prison custody in the coming weeks to complete the remainder of her sentence under supervision in the community.
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