A young father has blamed his own pet dog for injuries to his five-week-old baby.
Dafydd Rutherford, then 19, shook his crying baby causing his child to suffer multiple bleeds on the brain, with 'life-threatening consequences'.
He then blamed the dog for knocking the baby's basket over at their home while the child's mother was shopping, a court heard.
Rutherford later admitted he shook the baby to stop them crying because the dog was barking.
He made the admission after hospital staff examined the infant's injuries.
