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A man who tried to suffocate a sleeping baby in a "sickening attack" has been jailed.

Shane Heighway was seen forcefully taking the eight-month-old baby from their cot before assaulting them and covering their face with his hands in August 2024.

The assault was caught on a baby monitor, which alerted the child's mother who then immediately called the police.

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Heighway, 38, of Porth-y-Waen in Oswestry, was quickly arrested by response officers and later charged with child cruelty and intentional suffocation.

He was today (Thursday 2 October) sentenced to nearly two years in prison for the violent and unprovoked assault on the infant.

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