An 83-year-old Baton Rouge man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for beating his mentally disabled son to death .

Ellsworth Hull stood before District Court Judge Colette Greggs, who imposed the sentence during a short hearing inside the 19th Judicial District Courthouse. Hull pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in the killing of his special needs son, 40-year-old Derrick Christophe.

According to court records, Hull beat Christophe with a wooden mop handle and metal broomstick during a Feb. 14, 2020 argument in their Shelley Street residence.

Christophe suffered internal bleeding and died from multiple blunt force trauma wounds.

Hull was set to be tried for second-degree murder last month, but accepted the plea deal to the reduced charge of manslaughter Aug. 8 – 10 d

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