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30.11.2020 / 17:16
Jury sent out to deliberate in trial of dad who threw baby son into River Irwell
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