Father Kills Daughter Over Xbox Console

**virtual alan** · 01-30-2008

Not strictly game related so posted here

How many more we will see!!!

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1303175,00.html?&lid=NEWS_TAB_FATHER_KILLS_DAUGHTE R_OVER_XBOX_CONSOLE&lpos=TAB_CONTENT

Father Kills Daughter Over Xbox Console

Updated:11:45, Wednesday January 30, 2008
<H2>A man who played video games for hours each day has been convicted of killing his 17-month-old daughter when she pulled out his Xbox console.

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Tyrone Spellman

Jurors rejected arguments that Tyrone Spellman had confessed to protect the child's mother.
After a day of deliberation, they convicted Spellman of third-degree murder and child endangerment, for which he faces up to 47 years in prison.
Prosecutors in Philadelphia believe he pummelled Alayiah Turman, cracking her skull several times, while her pregnant mother slept in another room on September 7, 2006.
They argued that Spellman fled the house afterwards, and that the mother, Mia Turman, had no reason to go in the bedroom where the baby was found.

"He spent six to seven hours a day in there playing Xbox," Assistant District Attorney James Berardinelli said.
Spellman, 27, of Philadelphia, confessed to police the next day, but defence lawyer Bobby Hoof said his statement had been coerced after 24 hours in custody.
"He's not happy with the verdict. He does not agree with the verdict, but he respects the jury verdict," Mr Hoof said of Spellman.
A post-mortem examination showed that Alayiah had suffered a broken arm about two weeks before she died - an injury that city social workers did not see on two visits to the house in late August, when they found the toddler well.
The city took custody of the couple's second daughter, born after Alayiah's death.

**Parris** · 01-30-2008

Not the first console related death!

When I clicked on the link there was a 'related' section, where I found this: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...256401,00.html

Pure and utter spurious nonsense!

I present to you my own findings pieced together at the "University of St. Obvious of the Bleeding Fool". In lengthy studies we noted that the vast majority of statistics presented as facts are actually inconclusive, badly reported by the media and minor findings raised to absolute 'fact' level by tabloid press! (87.6%)