Thug punches 5-day-old baby girl in the face and then says ‘sorry I thought it was a doll’

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

A terrified young mum Amy Duckers watched as a thug ran up to her and punched her 5 day old baby in the face while in Tesco Supermarket in Baguley, Greater Manchester .

After punching tiny Elsie Rose - the hooligan then calmly apologized and said: “Sorry I thought it was a doll.”

Amy Duckers said she was ‘absolutely broken and torn apart’ by the brutal assault on her infant daughter and says even Elsie’s elder sister Libby, 7, thought the thug had killed baby Elsie. The baby who weighs just 6lbs 12oz, was raced to hospital but wasn't seriously injured and has been released to the family.

Mum Amy Duckers said to Manchester Evening News: “I’m absolutely broken and torn apart. I can’t believe what me and my daughter had to see last night it was just so horrific.

“I never ever want anyone to have to go through that again.

“We all heard the punch land on my little baby. We didn’t react at first as we were just so shocked.

“Then I just screamed. He could easily have killed her.”

Amy told the Manchester Evening News: “Our neighbour then saw one of her work colleagues who was with her husband and said, ‘Aww come and have a look at this lovely baby’.

“The next thing he ran over and punched Elsie Rose in the face leaving a very big fist mark shape across her forehead.

“We were mortified. My daughter was screaming thinking he had killed the baby.

“He then just apologized and said ‘sorry I thought it was a doll.”

Greater Manchester Police said: “A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a baby.

“Police were called shortly before 6.45pm to a supermarket on Altrincham Road in Baguley on Monday to reports of a child having been hit.

“The baby girl was taken to hospital as a precaution and has since been discharged.

“A 63-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assault and is currently in custody being questioned by officers.”