Father who suffocated two-year-old daughter jailedANDY JACKSON/Stuff.co.nz Philip Murray Kinraid held his two-year-old daughter down until she suffocated with a final "shuddering breath". The actions of a man who suffocated his two-year-old daughter have been described by the sentencing judge as deliberate and dangerous. On Wednesday, Philip Murray Kinraid, was jailed for four years and three months for the June 2015 manslaughter of his daughter Esme Claire Kinraid. ANDY JACKSON/FAIRFAX NZ Philip Murray Kinraid was jailed for four years and three months. Outside court, Detective Daniel Coomey, of the New Plymouth CIB, said he did not accept Keegan's submission that Esme's death was an accident.

Source: Stuff February 21, 2017 23:48 UTC