TEENAGE BABYSITTER MARK MCDONALD PLEADED GUILTY TO

TEENAGE BABYSITTER MARK MCDONALD PLEADED GUILTY TO THE
RECKLESS MANSLAUGHTER OF A FIVE MONTH OLD BABY GIRL AT THE OLD BAILEY

ON MONDAY.

THE PLEA WAS ACCEPTED BY THE CROWN AFTER A JURY LAST WEEK COULD

NOT REACH A VERDICT IN HIS MURDER TRIAL.

MCDONALD, 19, WAS LIVING WITH THE BABY’S MOTHER, 23 YEAR OLD
ELIZABETH SOBERS, IN HER HOME IN WALTON GREEN, NEW ADDINGTON, SURREY

AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENCE.

HE TOLD THE JURY HE DROPPED LITTLE STACEY WHEN HE WAS PLAYING
WITH HER AND TOSSING HER IN THE AIR.

THE RECORDER OF LONDON, SIR JAMES MISKIN, QC, REMANDED MCDONALD

ON BAIL FOR TWO MONTHS FOR PROBATION REPORTS.

THE JUDGE SAID: IT WAS A DANGEROUS ACT THROWING HER UP IN THE
AIR BUT ONCE IT HAPPENED YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD TO GET MEDICAL
HELP.

‘YOU WERE SO APPALLED AT WHAT YOU DID THAT YOU LIED TO THE
MOTHER AND THE DOCTOR AND TOLD MANY LIES TO THE POLICE.

‘
THE JUDGE CONTINUED: ‘YOUR REMORSE IS MUCH MORE INTENSE AND
GENUINE THAN I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED IN ANY CASE BEFORE.

‘YOU HAVE ALREADY SERVED FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS IN CUSTODY.

I
BELIEVE NOTHING LIKE THIS WILL EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

‘

ENDS.