The jury in the trial of a former SAS soldier accused of murdering his terminally ill son was today resuming its deliberations.
Andrew Wragg killed ten-year-old Jacob, who had the degenerative disease Hunter Syndrome, by smothering him with a pillow at the family home in Henty Close, Worthing, on July 24 last year.
The 38-year-old denies murder but admits manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, claiming he had an abnormality of the mind at the time.
He claims he looked into his eldest son's eyes and believed that he was asking him to end his life. The prosecution claims it was a "selfish killing done in drink" because he could no longer cope with the youngster.
The trial continues.
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