A dad has been charged with manslaughter for not helping his son when he suffered a snake bite in Australia.
Police allege that Kerrod Frahm did not take his 11-year-old son Tristian’s pleas for help seriously when he was told that a snake had bitten him in November last year.
The schoolboy died later that night.
On Tuesday night, police in Queensland charged his dad, 31, with manslaughter.
Police established Operation Uniform Weft a year ago to investigate Tristian’s sudden death, culminating in the dad’s charges.
Police alleged Frahm ignored his son’s pleas for help and failed to seek medical attention after Tristian told him a snake had bitten him while visiting a friend’s property in Murgon on November 20 last year.
The Mail reports that Tristian got out of bed during the night to be ill before his lifeless body was found outside the next morning near a shed.
Tristian’s death devastated his family and was remembered as a ‘little hero’ and an ‘angel’.
A shattered relative shared photos and videos of Tristian enjoying life to the fullest ice skating and playing games as she paid a heartbreaking tribute.
“I’m so beyond lost for words and the heart break is unimaginable. I’m still in disbelief,” the relative posted at the time.
“I love you more than I ever thought possible, I’m missing you more and more every minute, there’ll be a you-sized hole in my heart forever.”
Frahm will appear in Murgon Magistrates Court on December 6.
Murgon is small rural town 260km north of Brisbane, Australia.
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