A Thorold man has been sentenced to eight years behind bars in the shaking death of his grandson.
40 year old Brian Matthews was charged with manslaughter after 14 month old Kody Smart died in a Hamilton hospital in 2015 from his injuries.
Nine weeks before the incident, Family and Children's Services had placed Kody in his grandfather's care.
The case made headlines, after it was revealed Matthews had been sentenced to 30 days in jail when he was just 19 for assaulting Kody's father Brett Smart.
Smart has filed a $750,000 lawsuit against FACS Niagara for placing Kody in his father's care.