A Scottish father who stepped in front of a train with his two-year-old son has been jailed for ten years.

Frederick Danquah was carrying his young son when he stepped in front of a train at Garrowhill railway station in Glasgow in July 2023 after an argument with the child's mother.

The 28-year-old sustained a broken jaw and neck fracture, while the boy suffered cuts and bruises.

The toddler was discharged from hospital two days later.

In sentencing Danquah, Judge Tony Kelly said the “harm was of the greatest kind”.

“To seek to take the life of your son over some hours is great criminality," he said.

"I have no doubt about your intentions: you meant to have his mother attend his funeral.

"There were opportunities to place your son in the care of others, instead you took him with yo

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