When a boy died choking on a sandwich, James Burnham hugged him goodbye. Even though he had nothing to do with his death, he has been jailed.
Curtis Powell died after struggling to swallow a bite of sandwich he was being forced to eat quickly.
Curtis Powell was found dead in a home at Mackenzie in southeast Brisbane after being placed in care of his aunt.He screamed out but quickly realised the boy was dead.James Burnham was charged in relation to the death of Curtis Powell.On Powell’s instructions, Burnham then left their home in the southern Brisbane suburb of Mackenzie.By the time they arrived rigor mortis had set in.
Curtis had been living with the couple — who he referred to as mum and dad — since he was three because his mother had drug issues.
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