Man Who Punched 5-Day-Old Baby In The Face Tells Court He Thought She Was A Toy

A MAN who punched a newborn baby in the face has insisted that he thought the infant was a doll – but admitted that his actions were “bizarre”. David Hardy approached five-day-old Elsie Temple as she lay in her carry cot inside a shopping trolley, thumping her as the baby’s mother Amy Duckers looked on in horror. ‎The 63-year-old man, from Baguley, Greater Manchester, left the baby