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Published: Fri, March 14, 2008 - 4:48 am
Last Updated: Fri, March 14, 2008 - 6:07 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man who killed his 17-month-old daughterin a rage over a broken Xbox has been sentenced to more than 20
years in prison.
Philadelphia prosecutors say 27-year-old Tyrone Spellman killed
Alayiah Turman in September 2006 with at least five blows to the
head when she pulled down his Xbox console. The force of the blows
cracked the toddler's skull.
Spellman was convicted in January of third-degree murder and
child endangerment. He was sentenced yesterday to the maximum
22-and-a-half to 45 years in prison.
Spellman confessed to police but defense lawyer Bobby Hoof says
the statement was coerced and that he was just trying to protect
the child's mother.
But at yesterday's hearing, Spellman expressed remorse.
The couple's other child, born after the killing, is in city
custody.
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i am so sick and tired of all these children being harmed for no reason. they did not ask to be born and if the ones who have the children don’t want them then they should not be having sex.