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Zak Bennett-Eko flung his son, Zakari William Bennett-Eko, into the River Irwell in Radcliffe on September 11, 2019. After the baby boy's body was pulled from the water, he was found to have died from hypothermia, drowning, or a combination of the two.
During the trial over Zakari's death, Bennett-Eko's defence team argued that the defendant was not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. The prosecution alleged that he was guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
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In a statement sent to the Manchester Evening News at the time, Zakari's grandfather Andy Blood said : "We would like to thank all the people from Radcliffe and the rest of the local area and country, who were so wonderful and showing so much compassion." The revelations that followed during the week-long trial were harrowing.Medics told of Bennett-Eko's long history of paranoid schizophrenia, which spiked to dangerous new levels in the weeks before the killing as he stopped taking medication
Zak Bennett-Eko threw his 11-month-old Zakari William Bennett-Eko into the water in Radcliffe on September 11, 2019.
Zak Bennett-Eko hurled 11-month-old Zakari William Bennett-Eko into the water in Radcliffe on September 11, 2019.Zakari died as a result of hypothermia, drowning, or a combination of the two.The dad, 23, has since told doctors that he 'believed his son was the devil and that he was being told to drown him' at the time of the crime, after spiralling into a severe state of psychosis.Ahead of a week-long trial over the death of baby Zakari, Bennett-Eko pleaded not guilty to murder by way of
Radcliffe last year.Zakari William Bennett-Eko was just 11-months-old when his body was pulled from the water on September 11, 2019.A trial previously heard that Bennett-Eko suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and that he 'believed that his son was the devil and that he was being told to drown him' at the time of the fatal incident.The 23-year-old dad had stopped taking his psychosis medication, causing his mental health to deteriorate, the court was told.Prosecutors allege that Bennett-Eko is
temporary Nightingale court at Salford's Lowry Theatre on Tuesday (November 24). Today (Wednesday), giving evidence at court, consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Inti Qurashi said Bennett-Eko's mind was “disturbed” at the time of the killing. The court heard how all three psychiatrists who assessed him agreed on that factor. However, Dr Qurashi, who teaches at the University of Manchester, did not believe his psychosis was “so severe it prevented him from not knowing what he was doing”.Dr
temporary Nightingale court at Salford's Lowry Theatre on Tuesday (November 24).Today (Wednesday), Rob Hall, prosecuting, said that on the day of Zakari's death - September 11 - Bennett-Eko had argued with his then partner Emma Blood, who was then eight months pregnant.Jurors heard she told him he needed to start looking after himself because she would not be able to care for two babies and him.Mr Hall said: "It may be that exchange set the seed in Zak's mind that they would be better off