Kiernan Hughes-Mason never had a great career, although it seemed that he could be one of the great talents. He was a product of Arsenal and Tottenham, the giants of the Premier League. However, in senior football he wandered around the lower leagues. He played for a total of 23 clubs – only one was outside Great Britain. His last team was Enfield Borough. In August he was dismissed with immediate effect and it is unlikely that he will return to professional play. The court sentenced him to 14 years in prison for one of the most brutal acts imaginable.
Kiernan Hughes-Mason Abused Little Girl. Then He Beat Her Up. Court Showed No Mercy
He hurt an innocent 2-year-old child at the time. The incident occurred at the end of January 2020. Hughes-Mason called an ambulance to the house where he was caring for his partner's daughter. He claimed that he heard a noise in the bedroom and after entering the room it turned out that the girl had fallen on a dollhouse. She was then taken to hospital with serious brain injuries.
Doctors and investigators quickly determined, however, that the cause of the numerous injuries was different. “They can be compared to a road accident that occurs at high speed or a fall from a height of several stories,” the doctor said, quoted by “The Sun”. The injuries suggested that the child had been shaken and his head hit a hard surface.
Later, it turned out that other signs of violence were also found on the girl's body – the child had been beaten earlier. As a result, two charges were brought against the footballer. What exactly? The first was intentional causing of grievous bodily harm. The second concerned abuse of the girl.
And although the footballer denied the allegations, a sufficient amount of evidence was collected to prove his guilt. Among other things, text messages in which he reported that the child was annoying him and planned to hit him. And finally, the verdict in the case was passed. The court had no mercy for Hughes-Mason. It sentenced him to the aforementioned 14 years in prison.
The girl suffers from serious health problems after the attack
This punishment will not compensate for the pain and suffering that the wronged child has experienced and is still experiencing. Right after the crime, he was put into a medically induced coma. Although he is now conscious, serious changes have taken place in his head, as reported by his family.
– She suffers from epilepsy, as well as sleep disorders. Additionally, she has huge problems with eating or drinking. The girl is fed through a tube. She constantly feels pain. In addition, brain damage has resulted in a negative impact on her ability to communicate. She cannot even tell us where she feels pain or what worries her. She cannot stand, sit, let alone walk – the relatives revealed.