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Offender Databases Danny Leonard Clarke

Danny Clarke

Alias

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Offences

Broke his three month old baby's leg at his Kaikoura home in October 2006
Also some shoplifting charges

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1988

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to nine months supervision in December 2006

Background
NZ Lawyer 28th November 2006
An 18-year-old Kaikoura father broke the femur of his three-month-old baby when he swung the child by the leg, Christchurch's District Court was told today. Danny Leonard Clarke was remanded on bail to December 18 for a probation report and sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of assault and theft. Police prosecutor Sergeant Dave Joker said Clarke had a brain injury from being struck by a train early this year. Defence counsel Keith Owen said there had been concerns about Clarke's fitness to plead to the charges and a psychiatric evaluation had been done during the period of his remand. The report was before Judge Michael Green at today's appearance.

Clarke has had name suppression during several remand appearances, but it was lifted after pleas were entered. Mr Joker said a supervision plan had been put in place to help manage the care of the child at the Kaikoura house where Clarke lived with his partner, and grandmother. On October 4 he had been left in sole charge for a period. While he was changing a nappy, he swung the child by the leg, causing a spiral fracture of the right femur. The child was sent to Christchurch Hospital for treatment, which included having the leg in traction. Clarke was interviewed two days later and admitted causing the injury, though he said he did it accidentally. "He acknowledges he is struggling to cope with normal social difficulties," Mr Joker said. A month earlier, he had been seen in a supermarket in Kaikoura, placing items worth $28.23 in the tray of a child's pushchair and trying to leave the store without paying.

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