{"id":405259,"date":"2018-02-28T13:43:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T13:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=405259"},"modified":"2018-02-28T13:49:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T13:49:47","slug":"man-kills-stepson-mistaking-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/man-kills-stepson-mistaking-spider\/","title":{"rendered":"Man kills stepson after mistaking him for a spider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged with killing his girlfriend\u2019s six-month-old baby after mistaking him for a spider. Dwayne Lindsey is said to have let out a \u2018long dingo howl\u2019 after realising something was wrong with Chayse Dearing, who suffered severe traumatic brain and spinal chord injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey, who is on trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, had been alone with Chayse when he died on June 26, 2016. His mother, Michelle Dearing, had gone on a shopping trip with friends to a 24-hour supermarket at 4am on the morning of Chayse\u2019s death. Lindsey, from Melbourne, says the baby had fallen asleep on his chest and claims he jumped up in fright after mistaking the baby for a spider. He says Chayse rolled off his chest and hit his head against a heater, accidentally killing him.<\/p>\n<p>But prosecutor Nicholas Papas QC has reportedly said Mr Lindsey\u2019s version of events did not match medical reports, which suggested Chayse\u2019s death was unlikely to have been accidental. Neighbour Brian Woods said \u2013 via pre-recorded evidence played to the court \u2013 that on the night of Chayse\u2019s death, he heard people next door arguing, keeping him awake for hours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405264\" style=\"width: 748px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-405264\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Baby-Chayse-with-his-mother-Michelle-Dearing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Baby-Chayse-with-his-mother-Michelle-Dearing.jpg 748w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Baby-Chayse-with-his-mother-Michelle-Dearing-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Dearing<br \/>Chayse<br \/>Dwayne Lindsey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then about 8am, he heard Lindsey trying to wake the baby. \u2018He kept saying \u201chey you\u201d. He said it about 60 times,\u2019 Mr Woods said. Lindsey let out a \u2018long dingo howl\u2019 when he started to \u2018realise there\u2019s something pretty serious with the baby\u2019, the witness added. Mr Woods said he heard swearing and Lindsey stomping his feet before calling the child\u2019s mother about 8.20am, telling her \u2018there\u2019s something wrong with the baby \u2013 come home\u2019. Chayse\u2019s mother Michelle Dearing told the court yesterday that she and Lindsey, then 34, were planning to get married before the fateful night. She said Lindsey had proposed to her only nights earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman told the court how she\u2019d been at Kmart with the boy\u2019s mother when Lindsey called them, saying \u2018Chayse wasn\u2019t breathing\u2019. \u2018I heard Michelle screaming my name and I knew something was wrong,\u2019 Melissa Jones said. \u2018She was a mess.\u2019 She said she called triple zero and returned home with Ms Dearing and another woman to find \u2018medics working on Chayse\u2019. \u2018Michelle collapsed in the doorway of my bedroom. She was in shock basically,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Mirror UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged with killing his girlfriend\u2019s six-month-old baby after mistaking him for a spider. Dwayne Lindsey is said to have let out a \u2018long dingo howl\u2019 after realising something was wrong with Chayse Dearing, who suffered severe traumatic brain and spinal chord injuries. 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