Drunk jailed for throwing boy aged 2 from window on first floor
A DERBYSHIRE man has been jailed for “monstrously” throwing a child from a first-floor window.
Drunk Carl Keany flung the twoyear-old boy out of the window after shouting profanities at people standing below.
Derby Crown Court heard it was only the fast reactions of a person who caught the child that prevented him being seriously injured.
Keany, 29, had been drinking around four litres of cider every day at the time the incident happened, it was said.
He was openly weeping when he appeared via a video link from Nottingham Prison. Judge Egbuna jailed Keany for the crime, calling it “immoral” and “horrific”.
Sarah Slater, prosecuting, outlined the case in court as it happened on August 14 this year.
At around 6.40pm, Keany had been drinking heavily at a nearby pub before he went to a house where there was a two-year-old child. A short time after, he could be heard inside shouting and screaming at the child.
He then became enraged and dangled the child from the window on the first floor.
The distance was around six metres from the window to the floor, Miss Slater explained.
There were two people outside the house, who both pleaded for him to stop as he was endangering the child.
Miss Slater said: “They were shouting at him to take the child back inside, but he shouted: ‘Here, ******* have him’. He then flings him out of the window.”
Luckily, the people nearby caught the child before he hit the ground.
Police arrived at 6.55pm and tried to get into the house, but he had locked all windows and the front and back doors. Eventually, officers managed to arrest Keany.
Joe Harvey, defending, said: “When I picked up this case and read it, it struck me that this is one of those cases which do not materialise in our line of work very often, fortunately.
“It is monstrous behaviour. That is a word which I used with him in conference this morning and a word that he recognises as being apt. He says he can never forgive himself for what he has done. This is an incident which was entirely out of character for him.”
Judge Robert Egbuna sentenced Keany, of Lucas Road, Newbold, to two years and eight months in prison, saying: “Your acts towards the child were immoral, horrific and something that any right-thinking person would view as totally reprehensible. “You were under the influence of a significant amount of alcohol. But you have shown remorse and it is clear that you are ashamed of your actions.”
Judge Egbuna also made a restraining order for Keany not to come into contact with the child until the order is
lifted.