Father Accused of Assaulting Son Now Also Faces Sex Abuse Charges

A father accused of assaulting his then-three-month-old son now faces additional sex abuse-related charges.

Awes Ahmed Sheikhuna was arrested last year on charges he caused a traumatic brain injury to his three-month-old son.

Last week, a grand jury handed up a new indictment that added three counts of encouraging child sexual abuse.

The new charges were first reported by KOIN News.

According to court documents, Sheikhuna, "did unlawfully and knowingly possess, access, or view a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child with intent to develop, duplicate, publish, print, disseminate, exchange, display, and sell the visual recording while knowing and being aware of and consciously disregarding the fact that creation of the visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involved child abuse."

According to court documents, two days after viewing or possessing the child pornography, Sheikhuna caused the traumatic brain injury to his son, leaving the child to live a life in which he will "likely never sit up, eat, walk or talk. He is fed through a surgically placed G-Tube and cannot move on his own."

His trial is schooled to begin June 20.