Thomas Dunn claimed he had only "assisted" the toddler, saying the child had been climbing into the machine herself.

Dunn, 25, said he did not fully close the machine door on the child, but the dryer activated and started rotating.

Previously, he was found guilty of culpable and reckless conduct following a trial at Dundee Sheriff Court.

Dunn, of Hamilton, was convicted of placing the child in the dryer and closing the door, causing the machine to activate, in Arbroath in 2017.

He was also found guilty of causing fractures to the child's skull during an assault.

Dundee Sheriff Alistair Brown told Dunn that he could only impose a five year sentence on him and remitted the case to the High Court.

Today, Judge Lord Brodie, at the High Court in Edinburgh, sentenced Dunn to seven years imprisonment and three years supervision following his release.

During the trial, Dunn claimed he had not "pushed" or "squashed" the baby into the machine but had "tucked her leg into it" after she had climbed in herself.

Prosecutor Nicola Gillespie asked Dunn: "Why on earth did you do that, assist, tuck, whatever you want to call it, that child into a tumble dryer?"

He replied: "I don't know, it was a bad judgement call."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-49638753


IMO, people like Dunn should just be "disappeared" .....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-49638753


IMO, people like Dunn should just be "disappeared" .....

"A Californian mother has been sentenced to life in prison in the microwave oven death of her one-month-old daughter."

"Couple ‘cooked their four-month-old baby son in a microwave after cracking his skull"

"A 10 day old baby girl has died after being placed in a washing machine"

Sick, sick, sick...

Maybe a lunatic asylum would be appropriate.