Pregnant woman hit belly with hammer
A heavily pregnant woman was filmed hitting her belly twice with a hammer and boasting how hard her baby was.
London's Daily Mail reports that Heather Thorpe hit her stomach just three weeks before she gave birth to her son Jonathon.
As police revealed they would not be charging the 24-year-old woman, her former partner Sean Hanlon, 26, released the footage taken last year on his mobile phone.
Mr Hanlon, from Chelmsley Wood in Birmingham, told MailOnline: "It is mad. She should have been locked up and that baby should have been taken off her as soon as it was born," Mr Hanlon told the Daily Mail. "He's not safe with her. I don't know why they didn't press charges. It's just obvious to me.
"I showed them the video on December 19," he said. "I had to film it or no one would have believed me. I probably would have got blamed for it if anything happened to the baby.
"'We were together about a year. I don't know if the baby is mine but I wanted to try to stop her hitting her belly.
"She was out of control.
"There is no point me taking it any further with the police.
"Social services aren't involved at all - they go round all the time but she can put on an act and they would never know what she is like."
Ms Thorpe refused to comment on the allegations.
A police spokesman told the Mail a complaint that a pregnant woman was self-harming was received in December 2012.
"A thorough investigation was undertaken and no criminal offences were found," he said. "The matter was referred to the local child services."
Ms Thorpe made headlines last year when she claimed to have given birth after just five minutes of labour in her parents' living room.
Jonathon, who was born on November 22, 2012, weighing 5lbs 7oz, now lives with Ms Thorpe and her parents Mark, 53, and Marrion, 49.
According to the Daily Mail, he was already walking and talking, and has been since he was seven-months-old.
"The way he picks new things up is amazing, he seems to learn really quickly. It must have something to do with the way he was born," Ms Thorpe told the Mail. "He was born quickly and his development has been super-fast as well. Jonathon's got the mind of a two-year-old. He does get through clothes very fast though - his feet are already too big for 12-18 month-sizes in the shops, and he loves food."
