A 12-year-old boy has been convicted in the US over the shotgun slayings of his aunt and grandmother.
Bryan Christopher Sturm, who was convicted yesterday in Marietta, Ohio, is expected to be imprisoned until age 21.
He told investigators he shot his grandmother at her Ohio home on November 22 because she constantly criticised him, according to an affidavit filed by the Washington County sheriff's office.
He said his aunt was accidentally shot in the head when she grabbed the gun.
Sturm's attorney, Ray Smith, said he planned to appeal.
"It's very difficult for me, knowing on my watch he's been found guilty of a crime I don't believe he committed," Smith said.
In closing statements on Friday, Smith argued that detectives had coerced a confession from Sturm, but prosecutors said there was no evidence indicating that was the case.
In Ohio, a child must be at least 14 years old to be tried as an adult.
A hearing will be held later to determine whether Sturm will be designated a serious youthful offender, which would let authorities keep him in prison past his 21st birthday if he commits a violent offence while incarcerated or if it appears he has not been rehabilitated, said Rae Ward, the county's juvenile court administrator.
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Bryan Christopher Sturm, who was convicted yesterday in Marietta, Ohio, is expected to be imprisoned until age 21.
He told investigators he shot his grandmother at her Ohio home on November 22 because she constantly criticised him, according to an affidavit filed by the Washington County sheriff's office.
He said his aunt was accidentally shot in the head when she grabbed the gun.
Sturm's attorney, Ray Smith, said he planned to appeal.
"It's very difficult for me, knowing on my watch he's been found guilty of a crime I don't believe he committed," Smith said.
In closing statements on Friday, Smith argued that detectives had coerced a confession from Sturm, but prosecutors said there was no evidence indicating that was the case.
In Ohio, a child must be at least 14 years old to be tried as an adult.
A hearing will be held later to determine whether Sturm will be designated a serious youthful offender, which would let authorities keep him in prison past his 21st birthday if he commits a violent offence while incarcerated or if it appears he has not been rehabilitated, said Rae Ward, the county's juvenile court administrator.
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