MAN JAILED FOR THROWING BLEACH OVER A CHILD
A man from Hemel Hempstead has received a sentence of over six years in prison following an incident where he threw bleach on a child.Dennis Dowton, aged 29, was convicted of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent at a trial held at St Albans Crown Court earlier this month.
According to evidence presented in court, on 14 October of the previous year, Dowton assaulted the young girl by hitting and suffocating her, and also poured bleach onto her skin.
Dowton, residing on Trevalga Way, was given a prison term of six and a half years last Thursday, 21 May, and was also subject to an ongoing restraining order with no fixed end date.
