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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Nick Jackson

'The nightmare is behind us' - The family finally rebuilding their lives after the horrifying killing of an 11-month-old

More than two years after the horrifying loss of 11-month-old Zakari William Bennett-Eko his family are still trying to rebuild their lives.

The baby boy was thrown to his death in the River Irwell by his father, Zak Bennett-Eko. THe 23, had been suffering from severe paranoid schizophrenia and is now being held in a secure hospital where he could stay for the rest of his life.

For the rest of Zakari's family, the years since his death have been gruelling. It is only now that the youngster's relatives can begin to get their own lives back on track.

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