A mother has accused the father of her baby of killing him by hitting him on the head and flinging him across the room because he made a mess while eating.
Olga Chiskidova, from Chelyabinsk,
Russia, had asked Yuriy Silkin to look after their one-year-old son so she could go for a medical checkup.
The 22-year-old father allegedly flew into a rage when Aleksey, who was missing his mother, made a fuss and threw his dinner across the floor.
Silkin said he hit the boy on the head, which caused him to scream, before flinging him across the room where he hit a wall and landed on the sofa.
After the violent attack, Aleksey fell silent. Silkin left him lying unconscious on the sofa until his horrified mother returned and called an ambulance 20 minutes later.
He was left with a bruised brain and placed in a coma from which he never recovered.
A police spokesperson said: 'The suspect is being charged with intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm to a child. But the investigation is still ongoing. It is possible that the charges could also become more serious.'