An eight week old baby dies as a result of massive abuse.
The perpetrator was his own father.
Now he's been convicted.
Essen - After the violent death of a baby from Essen, the child's father was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday.
The 25-year-old defendant had admitted in the trial at the Essen regional court to have mistreated the baby.
The doctors had diagnosed severe head trauma with massive bleeding.
The skull and many other bones were broken.
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Toddler dies after bathtub accident: parents convicted
After a young boy's fatal bathtub accident, the parents were each sentenced to six months' probation.
The district court of Berlin-Tiergarten found the 44-year-old mother and the 47-year-old father guilty of negligent homicide on Wednesday.
The accused had left the three-and-a-half-year-old severely disabled child unattended while bathing for at least 15 minutes, the judge said.
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The little boy died in hospital ten days after the crime.
He was eight weeks old.
In the trial at the Essen regional court, the defendant, who came from Nigeria, had spoken of excessive demands.
The baby's mother was not home at the time of the crime.
A statement read out by defense attorney Nikolai Odebralski said: “I have failed terribly as a person and as a father.
My child is dead - and it's my fault. ”The defendant did not say what exactly happened.
The verdict is manslaughter.
dpa
