Sentence for Daniel John Ridgers in relation to the manslaughter death of 10 month old Khaylan Shayne Butler. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones When Ms Butler arrived home from work in the early hours of ...

Daniel John Ridgers, 26, was sentenced in the Supreme Court in Hobart on Thursday after pleading guilty to manslaughter over the death of 10-month-old Khaylan Shayne Butler. A man who caused the ...

Ridgers had previously been charged with murder, but it was downgraded. Khaylan was killed after being shaken and dropped in his cot by Ridgers in November 2023. At the time of his death ...

His fate >> In Tasmania’s Supreme Court, Acting Justice David Porter sentenced Daniel John Ridgers to six years jail. The sentence will be backdated to 2 December 2023. The Acting Justice said ...