Girl, 3, made to smoke cigarette

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A girl of three was given a lit cigarette and filmed smoking it, a court heard yesterday.
Laughing and joking, Graeme Conroy handed the cigarette to the child and encouraged her to inhale so it could be captured on a mobile.
Conroy had persuaded another child, aged 14, to film it on the phone "for fun", the court heard.
But the video was later discovered and a neighbour confronted Conroy, who was then arrested.
The 31-year-old admitted cruelty and was remanded in custody for sentence.
In the shocking phone footage filmed in February, Conroy can be heard guffawing with laughter.
At one point a voice off-camera is heard saying: "She'll smoke it all herself."
A worrying reference was also made to cannabis, sparking concerns that the cigarette could have contained the drug.

But tests carried out on the young girl's hair later proved that this was not the case. Michael Rose, prosecuting, told Gateshead magistrates: "A neighbour of Mr Conroy entered his house.
"There he was shown the video which was taken on a mobile."
Conroy was seen on the film encouraging the child - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - to smoke the cigarette.
Mr Rose added: "He made admission about doing what is described and acknowledged what he did was wrong." Mick Foley, defending, told the court that Conroy had been drinking and that was "the only explanation" he was able to put forward.
He added: "I won't attempt to mitigate, except that it was stupidity."
Conroy is a drifter who has no permanent address. He had been living with his mother in Bedlington, Northumberland, but she was not prepared to have him back when police contacted her.
Her son then offered an address in Ashington in support of an application for bail but it was refused and he was held in custody.
The case was committed to crown court for sentencing at a date which has yet to be set.

Girl, 3, made to smoke cigarette: Man in court after stunt is filmed on mobile - mirror.co.uk

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Graeme Conroy was today jailed for 18 months after encouraging a three-year-old girl to smoke cigarettes

A man forced a girl of three to smoke a chain of cigarettes and then filmed her begging: 'Can I have another one?'
A court was shown a series of shocking images of Graeme Conroy handing the crying child cigarette after cigarette.
The 31-year-old was seen laughing and cracking jokes as his tiny victim repeatedly inhaled.
At one point, someone in the background is heard saying: 'She'll smoke it all herself.'
By the time Conroy had finished filming, the child had smoked five cigarettes.
Conroy was caught when a parent who was shown the footage called in the police. Last night, he was starting an 18-month prison sentence after admitting child neglect.
While there, he ordered another child, a girl of 14, to film the images on her mobile phone as a joke.
The distressing footage has not been released to protect the younger child's identity.
The 14-year-old told police that when she arrived at the house Conroy boasted of how the three-year-old had already smoked two cigarettes.
'He said "Watch this",' the girl said. 'She, like, had a tab. I was told to video it so I did.
'She had another one, then finished that one and said, "Can I have another one'.
'He said "aye". I stopped recording. He was like, it was dead funny.
'He said "Finish it" and she put it out in the ashtray. Then she said "Can I have another one". He said "you've had enough" and she started crying so he gave her one.
'She was inhaling it and everything. It looked like she had smoked before, she was inhaling and she knew what to do.'
The girl added: 'Graeme didn't tell her what to do, she just knew what to do.'

Conroy, a drug addict, even bragged he had given the girl cannabis, but tests on her hair ruled it out.
Further tests showed that although the girl's chest was clear, she suffered from wheezing, Newcastle Crown Court was told.
Judge David Wood said Conroy, of Ashington in Northumberland, had shown a complete disregard for the girl's safety.
'You evidently thought it would be funny if she was allowed to smoke cigarettes and you could take a video of what was going on,' he said.
'I expect you realise now this was not funny at all.
'This sort of conduct could be very damaging to a child's health and could have all sorts of effects on her future health. You have completely disregarded her safety and endangered her.'
Amanda Sandford, from Action on Smoking and Health, said: 'It beggars belief that an adult could do that to a child. This is a form of child abuse.
'The child would be at huge risk of being poisoned by the toxins in cigarettes and smoking so many at such an age could do irreparable damage.'
Detective Inspector Ron Cruikshanks, of Northumbria Police, said: 'This was an appalling case of neglect and ill treatment against a child who is little more than a baby.'

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