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Sentenced: Man 'just snapped' shaking 6mo & throwing her on the floor because she wouldn’t stop crying

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A Perth baker accused of murdering his six-month-old daughter by shaking her and throwing her onto the floor 'just snapped' because he was sleep-deprived and the teething child was restless and agitated, a trial has heard.

Isabella Sully Jean Martin's mother was working as a McDonald's manager during the day, leaving Arron Colin Martin to care for their infant at their home after he returned from early morning shifts in November 2017.

Martin's defence counsel John Rando told the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Monday his client did not intend to harm the child but 'something just happened' when she would not sleep, as he'd hoped.

'You can begin to understand the dilemma here,' Mr Rando said.

'They did the best they could. They loved the child but something was bound to happen.'

Martin was traumatised after he realised what he'd done and twice tried to end his own life before turning himself in to police, Mr Rando said.

Paramedics gave first aid to the severely injured baby at the house, then rushed her to hospital, where she died.
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Man accused of murdering his baby 'snapped' because she kept crying

Arron Martin's defence counsel told the Supreme Court of WA on Monday his client did not intend to harm the child but 'something just happened' when she would not sleep, as he'd hoped.
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I mean.... she takes care of the kid at night, when the baby is asleep. He works all night, then has to deal with an awake baby all day.

Not justifiable, but that lack of sleep really could drive someone fucking nuts.
 
A Perth man has been found guilty of murdering his six-month-old daughter by shaking her and throwing her onto the floor.

McDonald's manager Nicole Martin had been tag-teaming care of Isabella Sully Jean Martin with her baker husband Arron Colin Martin for less than two months in November 2017 when their child died from injuries he inflicted after returning to their Brookdale house from an early morning shift.

Martin, 37, told his Supreme Court of Western Australia trial this week he 'just snapped' because he was sleep-deprived and the baby wouldn't settle.

Mr Rando told the jury his client did not intend to kill his baby and they could find he committed the lesser charge of manslaughter, but Martin was convicted of murder on Wednesday.
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Baker found guilty of murdering his baby by shaking and throwing her

A Perth man has been found guilty of murdering his six-month-old daughter by shaking her and throwing her onto the floor.
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Pandorama said:
They sleep though too. A lot more than during the day. Working all night then caring for a baby all day?
Why not daycare? It's subsidised in Australia? How could the mother think this could work?
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What do you mean how could the mother think this would work? Are you kidding me? She didn’t murder the baby! The dumb ass father obviously knew his work schedule bf they had this baby. If he was “losing” it he should have taken steps to fix it. And I call bullshit on getting no sleep being the cause. Do you think single moms who work 3rd shift pay for daycare when they’re at work and then again when they get off so they can sleep-No. And why couldn’t he sleep a) when the baby napped b) when mom got home before he went to work c) his days off d) on his wife’s days off...pathetic excuse. Bet it’ll be nice and quiet in prison for nice long cozy naps.
 
Pandorama said:
They sleep though too. A lot more than during the day. Working all night then caring for a baby all day?
Why not daycare? It's subsidised in Australia? How could the mother think this could work?
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Day care is expensive. It may have not been in their budget. Why are you blaming the Mom she didn’t do anything wrong. If Dad was struggling he should have said something.
 
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A fatigued Perth father who murdered his baby daughter by shaking her and throwing her to the ground because she would not stop crying has been sentenced to life in jail.

Arron Colin Martin was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of murdering six-month-old Isabella Martin, who suffered catastrophic brain injuries at the family's Brookdale home in November 2017.

The Supreme Court was told Martin snapped when the child would not settle.

After the assault the baby was still breathing and he put her back into her cot, but instead of getting help he tried to take his life.

He then went to Armadale police station two to three hours later, where he told officers he had "hurt his child".

At the time, Martin was working overnight as a baker at a local supermarket before going home and spending his days looking after his daughter while his wife worked at a fast food outlet.

He testified at his trial that in the lead up to the baby's death he was getting only about three or four hours' sleep a night and described himself as being tired and fatigued.

He maintained he loved his daughter and had not meant to hurt her.

In his evidence he also denied throwing the child, claiming he had dropped her.

He also testified he had exaggerated to police the extent of the attack because he wanted the book thrown at him.

Justice Stephen Hall rejected that claim, saying the injuries to the baby were so severe he was satisfied Martin had thrown her to the ground.

Martin's lawyer, John Rando, said his client was traumatised by what he had done because he loved and adored his daughter.

"He just snapped and he regrets that," Mr Rando said.

"He deeply regrets and apologises."
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Baby Isabella would not stop crying, so her father fatally shook her and threw her to the ground

A fatigued Perth father jailed for life for murdering his baby daughter was working overnight as a supermarket baker and caring for the child during the day when he snapped.
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"Bound to happen"

Really?
Funny there are literally billions of sleep deprived men that don't do that.
Please don't try to make abuse and death from it normal.

While I think the father is an enormous douchebag and a waste of skin, it is the lawyer that really earned my hate for such idiotic statements
 
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