Girl thrown off Melbourne bridge

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An Australian man charged with throwing his four-year-old daughter to her death from a bridge was suffering acute psychiatric distress, a court heard.

The girl plunged 58m (190ft) from the West Gate bridge in Melbourne into the Yarra river during morning rush hour.

She died a few hours later, after being airlifted to the city's Royal Children's Hospital, officials said.

The 35-year-old suspect is thought to have been involved in a protracted custody dispute with his wife.

The man did not appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court, as he was said to be suicidal and suffering from acute psychiatric distress.

He was remanded in custody.

The girl was in a critical condition after being pulled from the river. Police spent 45 minutes attempting to resuscitate her on the riverbank before she was transported to hospital.

Two other children were in the man's car at the time - the authorities said they were the victim's siblings, aged eight and six.

The incident occurred about 0900 on Thursday (2000 GMT Wednesday), when hundreds of other motorists were using the bridge, police said.

"No one had the opportunity to intervene... it all happened fairly quickly," Detective Inspector Steve Clark was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.

"It's a dreadful set of circumstances, and often you think you've seen it all but you haven't," said Mr Clark.

He said the "visibly distressed" man was arrested outside a Melbourne court that deals with family matters shortly after the incident.

The Victoria state Premier, John Brumby, described the young girl's death as "a terrible tragedy".
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Terrible.
 
thats... terribol... y post that thats so sad :( he bettter get the death penelty
 
Also, even though it's terrible, it's pretty clear the guy has some psychological problems. He needs help, much more than the needle.
 
While it probably isn't as simple as I'm putting it, how do people not at least pick up that someone is having these kinds of problems? Why is it that someone didn't notice before it resulted in this girl's death?
 
Because the guy kept to himself and there were never any troubles with him beforehand.
 
That is.... just... horrible. And he's getting away with it because he's supposedly mentally ill?
 
So... is she dead or not? It's unclear... Either way, though, yes. It's terrible.
 
He just throws a kid off a bridge.....that's just not right....
 
People were talking about this in Ancient History yesterday, though I hadn't heard of it.

This is not only terrible — but disgusting. There's no way to tell how many children are neglected and abused in a country, but this is only one news report. I know out there, there are plenty more cases like it that have not been uncovered.
I hope this guy does have a mental condition which sadly caused this, and that he did not do it by his own free will.
 
Oh dear, that's so sad... Too bad there's people like that in the world. But I suppose it adds to the balance of life, right?
 
Balance of life? Yeah right. That's just awful. Everyone should have the chance to live a long and happy life; not get pushed off a bridge by your bloody psycho dad.
 
Should, yeah, but it keeps the world from overpopulation =\
Don't get me wrong. Homoside, suicide, all of that is horrible.
 
Slips said:
I assume the kid deserved it, you know how children can be.


You'd be suprised.
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Who cares if kids are annoying we were all kids once would you like it if a someone pushed YOU off a bridge?
 
BoredPikachu! said:
Who cares if kids are annoying we were all kids once would you like it if a someone pushed YOU off a bridge?
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Well that's different, I care about me, I think I'm a pretty cool guy. Some random girl in Melbourne, why should I give a damn?

Sympathy replies are boring.
 
Waah, waah, boo hoo.

What the hell are we supposed to do about it?
 
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