Nathan Allen gets community service after attacking newborn baby A newborn baby suffered a brain haemorrhage after a man attacked her while she was in his care. Nathan Allen, 21, was given community service as punishment for assaulting the three-week old girl at a house in Aberdeen. The infant suffered the brain injury after she was shaken and struck on the body on November 22 last year. Allen denied harming the child and claimed that she had been injured as a result of an accident instead. But the jury at his trial did not believe him and convicted him of endangering the child's life by assaulting her. On Friday, Allen narrowly avoided jail when he was sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. Sheriff Annella Cowan said she was concerned about Allen's attitude and said he believed he was the "centre of the universe." The sheriff said he appeared to be more concerned about what would happen to him more than anything else. She said: "In one view that makes you an extremely dangerous person. The psychological assessment seems to hold, albeit limited hope, that you may be assisted to realise that you are not the centre of the universe. Sheriff Cowan said she had given the case a lot of thought and her initial reaction was to send him to jail. She added: "Your behaviour was unpardonable." Defence lawyer Neil McRobert said a psychological report previously ordered by the court had noted that Allen was immature for his age. He said his client had a good employment record and had started working as a joiner with his grandfather's firm when he left school and was now working for an agency. Allen was put on a three-year supervision order and ordered to carry out 280 hours of unpaid work in the community.