Swiss court gives man 12 years in jail for baby murder
The District Court of Winterthur has sentenced a 28-year-old German man to 12 years and three months in prison for murder and other offences. It found him guilty of mistreating his girlfriend's baby until it died.
In its ruling handed down on Friday, the court added to its verdict a fine and deportation from Switzerland for 11 years after the prison sentence has been served.
The offences date back to spring 2021. The judges found that the defendant shook and hit the 20-month-old boy on several occasions when he had custody of him. The infant eventually succumbed to craniocerebral trauma.
The autopsy also revealed that a thoracic vertebra had been fractured prior to the fatal injuries.
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