Father admits: Baby's death brings court to a decisive judgment

Father admits: Baby's death brings court to a decisive judgment

On Monday, December 23, 2024, the Heilbronn district court could announce the judgment against a 28-year-old father who is accused of having killed his ten-month-old baby in Schwäbisch Hall. The allegations are serious: According to the investigation, the man who suffered from pressure as a single father should have beaten his son so much at the end of January that he died shortly afterwards. According to Schwäbische Post the accused admitted in the process and indicated that during one Party night in a moment of overwhelming.

The public prosecutor calls for a prison sentence of 12 years due to manslaughter and severe abuse of protective persons. The child's mother joined this demand, while the defense on bodily harm pleaded with death and called no certain sentence. In the ongoing process, the accused initially claimed that the child had fallen while changing, but the statements of the emergency doctors and experts did not support this version, like Tagesschau reported. From the beginning, the investigators had doubts about the father's description and assume that he was overwhelmed with the overall situation.