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Mom guilty of hitting partner with baby

ERIE, Pa., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A Western Pennsylvania woman has been convicted of using her 4-week-old son as a club to hit his father, fracturing the baby's skull.

Clytoria Graham faces up to five years in prison for aggravated assault, The Erie (Pa.) Times-News reported. Her bail was revoked and she must now await her December sentencing in the Erie County Jail.

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The baby suffered a fractured skull but has since recovered.

Graham began crying as the verdict was read and collapsed on the floor when she was ordered to jail. She was taken out of the courtroom in a wheelchair.

Graham admitted the night her son was hurt that she used him to hit her partner during a fight. She later pleaded guilty but then changed her plea and decided to go to trial.

Her five children are being cared for by her mother and her partner.

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