Cocaine fuelled thug who suffocated girl, 4, and broke her arms in Paisley flat is jailed

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A vile thug who suffocated a four-year-old girl during a vicious cocaine-fuelled attack has been jailed. Sean Lochrie, 33, was sentenced to six years and eight months at the High Court in Edinburgh after leaving the child with two broken arms and extensive bruising.The shocking incident took place at a property in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in October last year.

Lochrie appeared by video link for the 12 minute hearing on Thursday in front of Lord Arthurson.The judge told him: “Although you have previously offended, nothing in your record bears comparison to the deplorable level of violence represented by this indictment perpetrated in whatever condition you were in against a helpless four-year-old-girl.”In February, Lochrie admitted assaulting the girl to her severe injury and to the danger of her life by seizing her, throwing her about, striking her on the head and body or inflicting blunt force trauma to those areas by unknown means on October 28 and 29.The High Court in Glasgow was told “significant force” would have been needed to inflict such injuries on the child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.

Prosecutor Lorraine Glancy KC told the court the youngster “refuses to speak about the events of the night she was injured”.The court heard Lochrie phoned police at around 3.15am on October 29 to report that he had just woken up and a female he did not know was lying on the floor.

Officers were sent to investigate, arriving 10 minutes later, and said Lochrie appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance.The child was taken to hospital by ambulance, where doctors at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow found she had two broken arms and extensive bruising.