'Stressed' father batters his 2 yr old daughter

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Poor little girl. It says he's been sectioned, shame he couldn't have gotten help sooner...

She might have been in pure shock - seeing one person you love attack another one you love must be pretty shocking!!!

I bet she tried to get him off, what mother in her right mind could sit there

i would not ring police

well i dont know - would i???

maybe she was in shock or clinging to baby or something

its too sad

he has done a heinous thing but to crtiticise the mental health thing is not good

I was simply commenting on the way it was reported.
Poor girl

Sad story, but there's really very little relevant information to go on. Maybe the man is a nasty bastard who's been abusing his family for years: maybe he's a previously loving father who has developed a psychotic illness, schizophrenia or something else delusional. We don't know.
In the case of severe mental illnesses, they generally come on gradually ie the person's behaviour gets steadily stranger until they do something drastic, but I think sometimes someone can have an acute psychotic episode out of the blue.

Poor child.

Not read it all, but if the father has been sectioned then I really don't think it is a case of just being stressed at work, but a much more serious mental health issue. If it was the mum in this situation we'd probably be more sympathetic to her (the mum's) plight.

Nothing ever excuses child cruelty, but it does sound as if this man wasn't a well man, not in the normal frame of mind or anything.

Think the headline is a poor one really - it just sensationalises a very sad story.

I noticed the "making love" bit - if they had been 18 it would have been clear and simple - sex.

I dont know why I let myself read stories like this, I always end up really upset. It is bad enough that there are horrible people out their wanting to hurt children, let alone those who hurt their own child

interesting that the focus of guilt seemed to be shifted to the mother at some point...

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God if I hit my kids every time I was stressed they would be dead or in care by now.
Still it must be hell to have so much money that you live in a million pound house.

If he is stressed with work give up the job and get one you can do.
What a piece of shit, hope he rots.

Poor mother, seeing her family destroyed

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People don't get sectioned because they are stressed - the mention of stress is nonsense in this context and people equating this incident to their own stress levels are missing the point. Its like the people who are dealing with clinical , suicidal depression having to deal with others whose attitude is "well we all feel depressed sometimes just pull yourself together".
If this was a man trying to use stress as an excuse he would opt for a manslaughter 'whilst balance of mind was distrurbed' option - once you are sectioned you no longer have any freedom of movement and no control over when the Doctors will decide that you can leave hospital. To be cynical if you are charged with murder you could be out within a few years - sectioning can be for life.
For men with severe mental illness - severe psycosis- the onset is most frequently in twenties and beyond and can be triggered by relatively minor stresses. Stress may have been a trigger here.
And the fact that he lives in a million pound house makes me not one jot less sympathetic to his family. I live in a pretty big house and it does not make living with a severely disabled child less stressful.

. Sounds like a great deal more than stress to me. Poor family.

As others have said, if this man was hearing voices, this isn't just stress(although stress may have triggered a psychotic episode). He's not a shit, he's a man who is seriously ill. I expected that when he has recovered enough to have some insight he will be devastated.

Just heard on the news the poor little girl has now died. The mother must be devastated, her husband has gone mad and killed their daughter.
What a tragedy

This really is heartbreaking. I feel so sad for the wife and mother - her life has been turned upside down in a moment, losing her daughter and effectively her husband.

Mental illness is no respector of persons. It can and does destroy families.

this just makes me so sad. if he had any indication he was suffering like this i expect the pressures of having such a high powered job would make it harder for him to admit he needed help... ie the assumption that strong powerful men can't possibly succumb to something like schizophrenia.

Hopefully the one good thing that can come out of a story like this recieving so much media attention is to encourage others who might be in a similar position to get help before its too late.