A man who left a toddler suffering horrific injuries has been warned he faces a lengthy prison sentence.
A judge also told 23-year-old Lewis Davies that he would also have to consider what danger he poses to others before he jails him.
The jury took just under two hours to unanimously convict him of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the boy and assaulting him causing actual bodily harm a month earlier.
During a seven day trial the jury heard that Davies was alone with the child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, on both occasions when he was injured.
Although he was some health problems he was described as “a very loving, careful, well-behaved little boy who would never give anyone reason to lose their temper.”
On May 16, 2011, Davies rang the child’s mother while she was at work and claimed that he had blacked out while holding the boy in his arms in her home and came to to find the boy patting him on the back.
He sent her a photograph by text showing the right side of his forehead and cheek covered in small purple and red dots and a mark on his eyelid.
She accepted Davies’ explanation but fearing that her son might have leukaemia had him checked out by her GP who reassured her that he did not have such an illness.
On June 15 she was again at work when Davies rang and said the boy had fallen off his chair and bruised his eye.
He sent her a photograph via his mobile. “When she saw the photograph she could not believe what she saw,” said Henry Riding, prosecuting.
“His head was swollen and severely bruised on the side and she went straight home. She found him sitting on the floor watching television eating a sandwich and drinking from a beaker.
“She called him and the way he got up in order to come over was ‘awful’ she said.
"He stumbled as he did so and looked clumsy as if drunk, his head was to one side and he was off balance.
"His head was bruised and swollen to the front and back and his right eye was very bruised. She immediately rang 999.”
Paramedics arrived and quickly formed the opinion he had suffered serious head injuries and requested an ambulance.
Davies, who appeared "sheepish" claimed he had been outside the house picking up cigarette butts and when he went back in found the boy had fallen from his chair to the floor.
But the court heard that the boy loved the chair and had a certain careful way of getting on and off it, and it was only 16 inches from the seat to the carpeted floor.
At hospital the toddler was found to have a catalogue of injuries including three skull fractures, bleeding on the brain, bruising to his penis, scrotum, chest, left arm and foot.
Doctors could not say precisely how the injuries had been caused but did not believe they were accidental, said Mr Riding.
Davies, now of Orchard Court, Rock Ferry, denied the allegations and maintained his account of how the injuries had occurred.
Davies, who is not the boy’s father, showed no emotion when he was convicted.
He had been on bail but was remanded in custody to await sentence next month.
A judge also told 23-year-old Lewis Davies that he would also have to consider what danger he poses to others before he jails him.
The jury took just under two hours to unanimously convict him of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the boy and assaulting him causing actual bodily harm a month earlier.
During a seven day trial the jury heard that Davies was alone with the child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, on both occasions when he was injured.
Although he was some health problems he was described as “a very loving, careful, well-behaved little boy who would never give anyone reason to lose their temper.”
On May 16, 2011, Davies rang the child’s mother while she was at work and claimed that he had blacked out while holding the boy in his arms in her home and came to to find the boy patting him on the back.
He sent her a photograph by text showing the right side of his forehead and cheek covered in small purple and red dots and a mark on his eyelid.
She accepted Davies’ explanation but fearing that her son might have leukaemia had him checked out by her GP who reassured her that he did not have such an illness.
On June 15 she was again at work when Davies rang and said the boy had fallen off his chair and bruised his eye.
He sent her a photograph via his mobile. “When she saw the photograph she could not believe what she saw,” said Henry Riding, prosecuting.
“His head was swollen and severely bruised on the side and she went straight home. She found him sitting on the floor watching television eating a sandwich and drinking from a beaker.
“She called him and the way he got up in order to come over was ‘awful’ she said.
"He stumbled as he did so and looked clumsy as if drunk, his head was to one side and he was off balance.
"His head was bruised and swollen to the front and back and his right eye was very bruised. She immediately rang 999.”
Paramedics arrived and quickly formed the opinion he had suffered serious head injuries and requested an ambulance.
Davies, who appeared "sheepish" claimed he had been outside the house picking up cigarette butts and when he went back in found the boy had fallen from his chair to the floor.
But the court heard that the boy loved the chair and had a certain careful way of getting on and off it, and it was only 16 inches from the seat to the carpeted floor.
At hospital the toddler was found to have a catalogue of injuries including three skull fractures, bleeding on the brain, bruising to his penis, scrotum, chest, left arm and foot.
Doctors could not say precisely how the injuries had been caused but did not believe they were accidental, said Mr Riding.
Davies, now of Orchard Court, Rock Ferry, denied the allegations and maintained his account of how the injuries had occurred.
Davies, who is not the boy’s father, showed no emotion when he was convicted.
He had been on bail but was remanded in custody to await sentence next month.