Killer father called his baby son 'It' on 999 call
Klevi Pirjani, who killed his three-month-old son, told a 999 operator: "It just stopped breathing."
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Killer father called his baby son 'It' on 999 call 38 minutes ago Share Save Jonny Humphries North West Share Save A father who killed his three-month-old son referred to his baby as "It" during a 999 call. Klevi Pirjani, 37, and his wife Nivaldi Pirjani, 35, were jailed for life at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday after being found guilty of murdering baby Miguel. The couple have never explained either what happened at their Percy Road family home in Seacombe, Wirral, on 24 November 2024 or who had inflicted their son's fatal head injury. Medics at Alder Hey Children's Hospital found that as well as having a fractured skull, the infant had suffered a "constellation of fractures" to his ribs, collarbone, arm and leg over a course of weeks. The court was told Miguel had been rushed to hospital and found to have suffered an irreversible brain injury. He was taken off life support on 29 November and died later that day. During the couple's trial, prosecutor Peter Wright KC told jurors the number of injuries suggested Miguel had been "systematically physically abused by his parents". The court heard that in a 999 call Klevi Pirjani said his son had "just stopped breathing" and "curiously" referred to Miguel as "It". Wright told jurors: "It's a matter for you to consider... whether this was a product of distress on his part, a language barrier, or an unintended indication of his attitude towards Miguel." After the couple were sentenced, Merseyside Police released the 999 call in which an operator can be heard stating: "Ambulance Service, is the patient breathing?" Klevi Pirjani answered: "Hiya love, are you alright? "I've got a three-month young one, just stopped breathing last night, just the colour of the face changed on it." When the operator clarified: "They've stopped breathing?" The father responded: "Yeah, it just stopped breathing, no reaction at all." Body-worn camera footage released by Merseyside Police showed Klevi Pirjani sobbing on the floor of his home as a...
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