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He gave an unprescribed medication, the laxative lactulose, which caused this to affect his development and mobility and led to his being admitted to hospital.
Menhinick, of Aberdeen, then consented to treatments, procedures and operations on the child which she knew were unnecessary, “all to his permanent disfigurement, permanent impairment and to the danger of his life”, the indictment said .
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She was found guilty in February following a trial at the High Court in Aberdeen.
Menhinick was jailed for seven years when she appeared for sentencing at the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday.
The abuse took place on several occasions when the boy was aged between three and six at an address in Aberdeen, at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital and elsewhere.
The child cannot be named for legal reasons.
