Former asylum seeker accused of killing son

A former asylum seeker allegedly lifted his baby son out of bed and took him into another room where the child was beaten to death, a murder trial heard today.

Yusif Ali Abdi, a Somalian with an address at The Elms, College Road, Clane, Co Kildare has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his 20-month-old son, Nathan Baraka Andrew Ali on April 2001 17 at College Rd, Clane.