A man who was caught on camera throwing his three-year-old stepdaughter into a swimming pool before leaving her to drown has been jailed for 100 years.
CCTV footage shows the killer, identified only as Jose David N., repeatedly tossing the child into the water.
The little girl who could not swim is seen struggling to stay afloat as her stepfather stands by and watches. Other bathers as shown hastily exiting the pool, leaving the man to condemn the tot to a horrific death.
It sparked outrage across South America when the video was made public.
The incident took place while the child’s mother was sleeping in a hotel room.
Jose David N. pleaded surprise after being told that the youngster had drowned, a court heard. But the CCTV footage was enough to convict him and see him jailed with no possibility of parole.
After deliberation, judges found him guilty of killing her.
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