Man drinks poison in front of judge

London (agencies)

An abusive father who died after swallowing poison in front of a judge is believed to be the first person in Britain to kill himself in a courtroom. Anandakumar Ratnasabapathy swallowed 60 crushed sleeping pills in Coca-Cola immediately after being found guilty of molesting his three-month-old daughter, an inquest has heard.
Witnesses at the inquest told how the judge at Isleworth crown court called for a doctor following the trial in June last year, but within minutes Ratnasabapathy, 40, was having a fit on the courtroom floor. He died an hour later. If the inquest jury sitting at West London coroner’s court decide that the 40-year-old committed suicide, it would be the first such incident ever to happen in a courtroom in Britain. The coroner’s court heard that Ratnasabapathy had repeatedly expressed his desire to kill himself if a guilty verdict was returned in last June’s trial.
His suicide warnings came after the court heard how his daughter had been left quadriplegic, epileptic and partially blind when her nose and mouth were deliberately blocked. He was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and child cruelty on 28 June last year.

Good ! One less W***^r to have to pay for....