A brute who left a baby with a fractured skull after shaking her “uncontrollably” could be struck off as a carer.
Michael Finlay, from Johnstone, will be hauled before a Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) disciplinary panel - which will decide his fate - tomorrow.
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The 36-year-old was jailed for five years in 2019 after he was found guilty of violently abusing the tot, leaving her severely injured.
A court heard how the thug, who worked as carer at Quarriers Village in Bridge of Weir, would order the child to “shut up” and even told the baby’s family, “s**t happens” when they confronted him about the baby’s bruises.
He could now be removed from the Social Services register when he goes before the SSSC hearing. The SSSC allegations claim: “It is alleged that you were convicted of offences where you acted in a controlling manner and physically abused individuals you knew.
“It is alleged that your fitness to practise is impaired because of your convictions.
“If the allegations are proved you will have failed to comply with the Scottish Social Services Council codes of practice for social service workers.”
The horror attacks took place at a house in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire between October and December of 2017.
The social carer is also said to have bruised the girl on Christmas morning having reportedly held her “too
tight”.
After assaulting the child and fracturing her skull through “blunt force trauma”, Finlay could not explain to family members where a lump on her head had come from.
Finlay’s lawyer Gary Allan QC told the court that he loved his job as a carer.
He said: “Not only was he good at caring for vulnerable people but he enjoyed it.”
In July, 2019 Sheriff Norman Ritchie QC sentenced Finlay to the five-year maximum sentence that can be imposed at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
