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The man who killed the
2-year-old daughter of a Nigerian man Reuben Agboola, Amina in
November 2013 has been sentenced to life in prison at the Cambridge Crown
Court, England.
26 year old Reuben
Agboola had Amina with Sarah Racqueman. When Reuben and Sarah
split, he hardly saw his daughter and a year later officers told him that
little Amina had been killed.
The Independent UK reports that 20-year Dean
Harris who was dating Amina’s 29-year-old mother Sarah, killed Amina
after becoming frustrated at her soiling herself.
Harris killed Amina
Agboola by kicking her so hard she was thrown six feet across the room and
ruptured her liver.
The force of the blow
was severe that it tore her liver in two. According to paramedics, they found
her body lying “like a rag doll”.
In a detailed confession
letter, Harris admitted to manslaughter but was convicted of the child’s
murder. He will spend a minimum of 17 years in prison.
Reuben Agboola
At the sentencing,
Reuben Agboola said; “I am pleased with the sentence Dean Harris has received
today. However the grief feels like it has no end. I think about Amina
constantly. I still cry everyday.
I go through the motions
of living but inside I am somewhere else thinking about my daughter all the
time. No one understands the pain except those people who are experiencing it.
My heart reaches out to
every parent on earth who is suffering the loss of a child.”
Amina’s mum and Harris
had been dating for just five months. She was cleared by a Jury in June for
causing or allowing the death. She however got a suspended sentence
earlier in the month.
Reuben claims Sarah had
been warned by social workers of Harris’ “furious” ways.
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