An Ayrshire grandmother, whose terrible daughter was left tortured and wounded by a horrible child abuser, hopes the man rots in prison.
The 56-year-old Kilmaurs grandmother has described the three years of torment she endured after saving her infant granddaughter.
The 38-year-old sick Mark Tannahill was found guilty last week in Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on two counts.
The baby suffered from shattered ribs and a cracked skull during the three months that the nasty monster terrorised him.
The little child, who will remain anonymous to preserve her privacy, was heartbroken when her mother passed away from cancer in August 2021, just eight weeks after giving birth.
Doctors discovered a 20 cm tumour in the 34-year-old mother, who was only 30 weeks along when she was given the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
She heroically battled the deadly cancer, but eight weeks after giving birth to her miraculous baby girl, she tragically passed away. She had given birth prematurely at 34 weeks.
Tannahill was occasionally left alone with the infant, but the grandmother sensed a problem.
She also described how, during the mother’s funeral, the little granddaughter’s face was covered in bruises from the brute’s blows to her before her daughter was even buried.
The unidentified grandmother of two said to Ayrshire Live, “I hope he’s locked away for a very long time.”
He is a true monster. We have endured two and a half years of torment because of him.
It sickens me to think that my granddaughter was tortured during her first few weeks of existence by that evil man.
I just started bawling when the verdict was announced. My acquaintance, who is a family friend, was there the entire time we were together.
“The fact that it was all over was just a relief. Finally, the three-year-old cloud over our heads was lifted.
The grandmother has described how, when her dying daughter was fighting illness in the hospital, she first became aware of maltreatment.
She remembers the humiliated Tannahill telling the sobbing infant to “shut the f*** up.” The gardener at the time also heard this.
I was just horrified,” she remarked as she and her other grandchild sat there.
At that moment, my daughter was near death.
On Monday, she was returning home for final care.” Additionally, he was yelling at the infant to “shut the f*** up.”
I simply offered to assist him with the small child.
Mark, I know you’re stressed, but you can’t do that,” I murmured.
We provided him with a lot of support because we all knew it was a trying moment for him.
The grandmother, a healthcare professional, saw that her grandchild was beginning to bruise and sought help.
She bravely brought the hurt child to the hospital, where the nurses were startled right away and called social work. The grandma took up the baby’s care right away.
