Father admits manslaughter of baby son
A Queensland father has admitted killing his five-month-old son, pleading guilty to manslaughter in the Brisbane Supreme Court.
Chief Judge Brian Devereaux said Pappu could be linked to the laundering of $562,490, but it was impossible to determine how much he made.
Kozan Samuel Thomas Ware was originally charged with murder after Adrian Joshua Wommie Ware was found unresponsive in a Brisbane home in 2017.
In a short arraignment hearing on Friday, Ware pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter as a domestic violence offence.
An autopsy revealed the boy suffered bleeding around his brain, a torn vein near his brain stem, damage to an optical nerve and a wound to his scalp.
Insight into the circumstance’s leading to the child’s death was provided in published reasons for releasing Ware on bail last year.
He allegedly reported finding Adrian with his eyes a little bit open, cold and without a heartbeat.
“He also said that Adrian had blood and mucus coming from one of his nostrils and an injury above his lip,” Justice Peter Callaghan said.
Paramedics found Adrian lying on the floor. Ware was allegedly nearby, on his hands and knees, on the phone receiving CPR instructions, which he allegedly did not understand.
Prosecutor Caroline Marco previously told the court Adrian’s injuries were probably caused by deliberate blunt force trauma and or shaking.
Ware was released on bail and is due to be sentenced on November 4.
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