David Hardy (left and inset) approached five-day-old Elsie Temple (centre) as she lay in her carry cot inside a shopping trolley then thumped her as the youngster's mother Amy (right) looked on in horror.
The baby was left extremely upset by the incident and was taken to hospital with a red mark to her face and kept in for seven hours before being allowed home. Hardy, from Greater Manchester, was later arrested but claimed he thought Elise was a toy and didn't realise she was real. Hardy appeared before a district judge at Manchester Magistrates Court today. He admitted throwing the punch - but pleaded not guilty to charge of common assault saying he had no intention of hitting a baby. He will face a trial next month. The incident happened at Tesco (inset) in Baguley, Manchester on September 5 this year.
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