Man gets 10 years for trying to kill tot in rail horror

A JILTED lover who stepped in front of a moving train while carrying a toddler on his shoulders has been jailed for 10 years.

- By Grant McCabe

Frederick Danquah took the two-year-old boy to a railway station in Glasgow’s east end after he split from his partner.

The train struck them but the child’s physical injuries were, miraculously, only minor.

Yesterday Danquah, 28, appeared for sentencing at Glasgow High Court, having been found guilty of attempted murder.

He had lodged a special defence at his trial that he had a mental illness and was unable to appreciate his actions at the time. The incident had been described as an apparent “murder/suicide” attempt.

Profound

Addressing Danquah, Judge Tony Kelly said he had read an emotional impact statement from the boy’s mother.

He told Danquah: “The affect on his mother is profound. She is deeply affected.