A HEAVILY pregnant woman has been caught on camera hitting her baby bump with a hammer to prove how 'hard' her unborn child is.
Heather Thorpe, 24, was filmed by her former partner, Sean Hanlon, striking herself with the claw hammer around a mon
th before giving birth to her son, Jonathon.
th before giving birth to her son, Jonathon.
But when Mr Hanlon, 26, showed the video to police, officers refused to press charges, insisting no offence had been committed.
Yesterday Mr Hanlon said he was appalled at the decision, adding: "If there was a film of someone hitting a baby with a hammer they would be in handcuffs in 10 seconds flat." Mr Hanlon shot the five-second video in the couple's living room in October last year, just weeks before Miss Thorpe's due date.