Life for tossing girl off bridge

A MAN who killed his four-year-old daughter by throwing her off a bridge in Australia’s second-largest city as her horrified brothers watched was sentenced to life in prison.

Arthur Freeman, 37, stood motionless as Victorian Supreme Court Justice Paul Coghlan handed down the punishment, which came despite Freeman’s argument that he was mentally ill when he tossed his daughter, Darcey, to her death.

“The throwing of your four-year-old daughter from a bridge more than 80 metres (260 feet) above the ground could not be more horrible,” Judge Coghlan said. ”