The young parents of a 2 month old baby from Torrevieja have been found guilty of child murder.The British couple face 19 years in prison.The baby died on March 17 2008 in their Torrevieja home.
The two doctors who carried out the post mortem discovered that the baby died a violent death and had two skull fractures.They had occurred due to a fall and not because of blows to the head.
The doctors also stated that the baby was in a bad way generally and was suffering malnutrition.There were no other signs of beatings.However the father of the child did admit to hitting the baby and said that his partner did too.
The mother insists that she did not harm the child and that she and the baby were victims of abuse by her partner.The father has suffered a mental condition and that together with the use of drugs and alcohol ,he says,made him do what he did.
A judge in Elche court will now pass a sentence on the couple.
