Man jailed for giving cigarettes to toddler
A drug addict was on Thursday jailed for 18 months for allowing a three-year-old child to smoke a lit cigarette.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that 31-year-old Graeme Conroy encouraged the infant to inhale the smoke when she asked him for a cigarette.
Conway then got a 14-year-old to film the act on a mobile phone.
Conroy pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the child.
He was arrested when a neighbour alerted police to the footage which was recorded on February 24.
In the footage Conroy can be heard laughing as the girl inhales the cigarette smoke.
The court heard that the toddler had already smoked two cigarettes
“It looked like she had smoked before,” said a witness. “She was inhaling it and she knew what to do.”
Judge David Wood said Conway actions could have all sorts of effects upon her future health.
“You have completely disregarded her safety and endangered her,” he said.
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