Paranoid schizophrenic father, 23, who threw his son into a river because he thought the 11-month-old was 'turning into the devil' had 'begged to be sectioned three days earlier', review finds
A paranoid schizophrenic father 'begged to be sectioned three days' before he threw his son into a river because he thought the 11-month-old was 'turning into the devil'. Zak Bennett-Eko, 23, was sentenced to a hospital order last year after being found guilty of the manslaughter by diminished responsibility of his son Zakari. He threw the 11-month-old from a bridge into the River Irwell in Radcliffe in Bury, Greater Manchester, on the afternoon of September 11, 2019. During his trial, the court heard Bennett-Eko had gone to North Manchester General Hospital days before his son's death and asked to be sectioned but left before being treated. A serious case review published by Bury Integrated Safeguarding Partnership found Bennett-Eko had been discharged from a learning disability service after moving between Bury and Manchester. Zak Bennett-Eko , 23, was sentenced to a hospital order last year after being found guilty of the manslaughter by diminished responsibilit