Overview

• Mehmet Tufan admitted manslaughter on July 15 at Liverpool Crown Court and showed visible emotion as he entered his plea.
• Judge Andrew Menary KC adjourned sentencing until September 2 and released Tufan on conditional bail while reports are prepared.
• Medical experts concluded that Leo Tufan’s brain damage, spinal bleeding and retinal haemorrhages were most likely caused by forceful shaking at five weeks old.
• Leo died on December 14, 2022, at age four due to complications from the catastrophic injuries he sustained as an infant.
• Tufan previously served two years after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm and now faces a sentence guided by expert testimony and probation input.