Paramedic Gavin Gibbs asked dying son for forgiveness

Paramedic Gavin Gibbs asked dying son for forgiveness


Paramedic Gavin Gibbs has been accused of fatally injuring his three month old baby boy and injuring his three month old baby girl. Gavin Gibbs called for an ambulance when his three month old son Charlie had stopped breathing at the family home in Erith, Kent. He said to belief his son was dead. Even though his heart was beating due to ventilation, when the ambulance arrived he was floppy and not able to breath on his own. After his death post mortal examination later revealed that Charlie had suffered a fractured skull when he was about two months old. A fracture to his upper arm was caused about three weeks before he died, same as his first broken ribs. Fractures to his left leg at the knee and ankle were caused about one or two weeks before he died. The court was told that fractures like these could only occur as a result of pulling or twisting force. Therefore Gavin Gibbs is charged with the murder of Charlie Gibbs and inflicting injuries on him and his twin sister. The trial continues

Source: Retrieved June 8th, 2010
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7146060.ece

My reaction:

Surely after reading this article I felt sick to my stomach, but it also made me wonder. If it is true that Mr Gibbs murdered his son, what made him do it and why, if done intentionally, ask your son for forgiveness? Also when I was through reading this article I wanted to know more, to my idea I did not have enough information to agree or disagree with this article because I know the bones of a baby are very strong and resilient and that they are not easily broken, so I wonder did the baby suffer from brittle bone disease? What is it that we do not get to read in this article that could determine our judgement on this case?

I do not judge this man for what he might or might not have done, it is not my place to judge something or someone I do not know anything about, but it does make me wonder.