Father admits to leaving toddler to die alone on a park bench because 'he was tired of caring for him'
A drug-addict father has pleaded guilty on Monday to manslaughter after he left his 22-month-old son alone to die on a park bench in Southern Brisbane, according to reports. The accused, identified as Shane Arthur Simpson, admitted that his brain was "fried on ice" when he left his son Baden Bond alone in May 2007.
Reports state that the toddler's mother, Dina Colleen Bond, also pleaded guilty to two counts of being an accessory to manslaughter in the Brisbane Supreme Court. The cause of the toddler's death is unknown and his body has not yet been found.
Shane, while addressing the court on Monday, said that he abandoned his son at a boat ramp near the Logan Rover at dusk one day in May 2007 because he was "tired of taking care of him," according to Daily Mail.