Story out of Manchester, England:
Baby Elsie Rose was hit in the face at a Tesco store on Altrincham Road in Baguley, Manchester, on 5 September.
David Hardy, 64, of Longfield Road in Baguley, denied assault and told Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court he thought the baby was a doll and it was a "dreadful mistake".
He was fined £900 and ordered to pay £500 costs and £100 compensation.
Elsie Rose was in a car seat placed in a shopping trolley next to her older sister when she was attacked.
Her mother Amy Ducker told the court she was left "absolutely distraught" by the incident, which happened after she had bumped into a neighbour who worked at the supermarket.
The neighbour had called her colleague, Hardy's wife, over to look at the "beautiful baby", she said.
She told the hearing Hardy had then approached and, without saying a word to her, punched the baby in the head.
The five-day-old child was taken to hospital and monitored overnight but was later discharged.
Finding him guilty, District Judge Sam Goozee dismissed Hardy's claim that he thought the child was a doll as "implausible." Cont.
Story from - BBC News
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