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Dad who threw his baby boy in the River Irwell believed his son was 'turning into the devil', trial told
temporary Nightingale court at Salford's Lowry Theatre on Tuesday (November 24).Today (Wednesday), Rob Hall, prosecuting, said that on the day of Zakari's death - September 11 - Bennett-Eko had argued with his then partner Emma Blood, who was then eight months pregnant.Jurors heard she told him he needed to start looking after himself because she would not be able to care for two babies and him.Mr Hall said: "It may be that exchange set the seed in Zak's mind that they would be better off without Zakari."Zak would later claim at about this time he saw Zakari's legs expanding and that he, Zakari, was turning into the devil."Shortly after 4pm, while Miss Blood was upstairs, Bennett-Eko left the family home on River Street with his son in a
