'Shut up': WA Police officer Nickolas Wayne Peake sentenced for shaking baby that woke him

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• A sleep-deprived Western Australian police officer has been sentenced after shaking his crying five-week-old daughter. Nickolas Wayne Peake, 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated common assault at the family home in Perth.
• He was sentenced in the Midland Magistrate's Court to a 10-month community-based order with rehabilitation programs. The court heard he was stressed and getting little sleep.
• The magistrate described the offending as serious and said things could have been far worse. Peake's application for a spent conviction was rejected.