Nicho Caleb Frater was using drugs and had a long history of violence before killing 8-month-old Bella Richardson, the High Court in Whanganui heard. That killer, 26-year-old Nicho Caleb Fraser, had a long history of family violence before he fatally threw eight-month-old Bella Richardson. Frater was jailed for five years in the High Court in Whanganui on Monday for the manslaughter of Bella. Frater had moved in with Bella's mother Kirsty Richardson and her three other children a month beforehand. MONIQUE FORD/STUFF Justice Francis Cooke said Nicho Caleb Frater's killing of baby Bella Richardson in November 2016 was an escalation of his previous family violence.

Source: Stuff December 15, 2019 22:07 UTC