A man who dropped his toddler granddaughter from a cruise ship window to her death has been spared jail. Eighteen-month-old Chloe Weigand died when she fell from her grandad Salvatore Anello's arms through a window.
She fell from the 11th floor of Royal Caribbean cruise ship the Freedom of the Seas as it was docked. Anello pleaded guilty to negligent homicide as he appeared in court in San Juan, Puerto Rico, via video link last year.
He entered the guilty plea from his home in Indiana, US, and claimed he could not travel to Puerto Rico due to risks associated with Covid, according to Elvocero.
Yesterday, the Department of Justice for Puerto Rico said in a statement that Anello had been sentenced for the crime to three years on probation.
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