Baby abuse father 'must be named'

A Dorset woman whose ex-husband broke the ribs of their new born son has said she wants a court order to be lifted so she can name and shame him.

The baby, whose identity is protected by the order, had four ribs broken by his father when he was five weeks old.

The man, who admitted two assaults on the child, was sentenced to 170 hours of community service.

The mother is unable to name her ex-partner without breaching the order protecting her son.

She said: "I think when he gets older he will be very disappointed that his biological father was not named and shamed in a way, especially with what he got in court.

"I have to act on my son's behalf and do what I think as a mother will be right for him when he is older."

She added: "He's now free to be around other children. My ex-husband is not on any sort of register and I think that it's awful."