Two supermarket owners have avoided jail after a four-year-old boy was electrocuted by a faulty till
The young victim, identified by his first name Jonathan, was helping his father while shopping at the Adese Supermarket in Hamburg, Germany, when the incident happened
As they were standing in the checkout queue, the boy collapsed.The distraught father told police that the boy helped him put the shopping on the belt and the minute after he was being told that he was dead
A police investigation confirmed that Jonathan died from an electric shock at the check out
The boy's father said: 'Suddenly, he was clinging to the opened cash register. 'His eyes were wide open, he did not utter a sound
'I tried to grab my son, but I also got a strong shock.'Reports said work carried on the till had left electrical wiring in contact with some metal parts which electrocuted the boy when he touched it
The supermarket owners, a 48-year-old woman and her 44-year-old brother, were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter through negligence by a court in Hamburg
Share this article Share They received a suspended sentence of 10 months and walked out of the court free
The prosecutor requested a probation period of one year, while the defendant's lawyer called for a full acquittal
According to the judge, the Turkish-German siblings violated monitoring and inspection duties which led to the death of the boy on May 31, 2016
After Jonathan's death, a woman came forward to say she had got an electric shock from the till as well
The judge said that 'no judgment or punishment could ease the parent's pain'.Jonathan's father attended the courtroom during the case, while their lawyer said the boy's mother did not attend as it was too stressful for her
The young victim's aunt Makbule B. said: 'For me it is important that such a thing would never happen again
' It is unclear if the family plan to appeal the ruling.
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