SBS: Nova Scotia: Michael McNish pleads guilty

April 7 2011
A Halifax-area man who shook his infant son last summer has pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault.
Michael Richard McNish, 28, of Ketch Harbour Road in Portuguese Cove entered the plea Wednesday in Halifax provincial court. He’ll be back before Judge Bill Digby for sentencing May 24.
McNish was arrested last June after a two-month-old boy was taken to the emergency department at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax by his parents. Hospital staff felt the child’s injuries were consistent with shaken-baby syndrome, so they contacted police in the early morning hours of June 23.
Investigators charged and released McNish on condition that he not have any contact with the child.
Police said the baby was expected to make a full recovery.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1237213.html

SBS: Canada: Halifax man accused of shaking his two-month-old child

Halifax man accused of shaking his two-month-old child appeared in Halifax provincial court yesterday to hear his charges.Michael McNish, 27, was arraigned yesterday on one count of aggravated assault.According to police, an infant boy was brought into the IWK Health Centre in late June by his parents with injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome. Police say they were called to the hospital by staff in the early morning hours of June 23 regarding the baby’s injuries, which led to an investigation by the Halifax Regional Police/RCMP Major Crime Unit.Two days later, police issued a release saying McNish had been charged.The child is expected to make a full recovery.McNish has been granted bail on several conditions and will appear in court again on Oct. 22 for election and plea.
http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/local/article/610433--man-in-court-over-baby-shaking