Former Arsenal and Tottenham player found guilty of child cruelty: He beat a two-year-old girl into a coma
Kiernan Hughes-MasonHe was found guilty of child cruelty and causing grievous bodily harm to a two-year-old girl.
The 32-year-old former footballer, who He played for Arsenal and Tottenham and played professionally for Millwall, caused irreversible brain damage to his ex-girlfriend's daughter, who has since required 24-hour medical attention.
The girl suffered injuries as extreme as those in a high-speed car accident.
On 31 January 2020, medical staff who attended the girl's aid in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, discovered up to 17 separate injuries, to her legs, face and chest, and doctors compared the girl's injuries to those sustained “in a fall from several floors or a high-speed car accident”.
According to the medical report, the girl suffered these wounds and injuries during at least six months of prolonged abuse.
“That girl is getting on my nerves… I'm going to beat her up”
The police found Text messages sent by Kiernan Hughes-Mason to a friend, in which she wrote that “the girl is really getting on my nerves” and “I'm going to beat the shit out of her.”
The former English Football League (EFL) Championship player, who Played for Grimsby, Welling, Kettering, Maidstone, Leatherhead, Grays and Barkingwill hear his sentence on September 10.
Enfield District Footballhis last team, fired Kiernan Hughes-Mason as coach after his legal troubles It came to light.