Man on trial for murder of son found not guilty by reason of insanity

A man who spent 16 years in jail for the murder of his infant son has been found not guilty of the toddler's murder by reason of insanity after a retrial.

Man on trial for murder of son found not guilty by reason of insanity

A man who spent 16 years in jail for the murder of his infant son has been found not guilty of the toddler's murder by reason of insanity after a retrial.

Yusif Ali Abdi was tried before the Central Criminal Court in 2003 for the murder of his son, where a jury rejected his insanity defence and found him guilty of murder by a majority verdict.

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