Deadbeat dad charged with strangling 12-year-old son to death with electrical cable (United Arab Emirates)

UNNAMED DAD was "unemployed" and a "recovering" drug addict and alcoholic. Seems this overachiever also freaked out and beat his 12-year-old son to death for failing a school exam.

What's not to love here? Loser dad all the way.

Notice that Mom tried to get him to stop, but couldn't. Unfortunately, moms are still held accountable for the father's violence regardless. It's as if they are supposed to have superhuman powers to stop violent, enraged men. We wish....

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/uae-father-strangled-son-to-death-over-failed-exam-results-police-say

UAE father 'strangled son to death over failed exam results', police say

Nadeem Hanif Jan 24, 2013

 ABU DHABI // A father suspected of strangling his 12-year-old son to death with an electrical cable after he failed his school exams has handed himself in to police.

 Officers said the man, an unemployed Emirati in his 30s, is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic.

He is accused of beating his son with the cable for 15 minutes, despite the child's mother pleading with him to stop.

"The mother was in a different room when the father was beating his son in the majlis," said Lt Col Jumaa Al Kaabi, of Abu Dhabi CID. "When she saw them she kept begging him to stop but he did not listen."

When the boy lost consciousness his parents took him to hospital, but the father fled when alarmed doctors notified police.

"The father was hiding out somewhere," said Lt Col Al Kaabi. "The grandfather went to police and they told him to bring his son in. He said his son would come by himself – they said if he didn't do so they would bring him in anyway."

The father was arrested after going to the police station of his own accord.

Lt Col Al Kaabi said the father admitted beating the boy during interrogation and had expressed regret for the attack, which took place on January 16.

The boy has three sisters and was the eldest of five brothers.

The case has been referred to the Criminal Court.