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Dad Let Toddler Drown in Sea as He Macked on Mistress

'We heard a plop,' father recalls

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2009 3:02 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A British dad let a stroller holding two of his children roll from a promenade into the sea where one of them drowned as he made out with his mistress. “I let go of the buggy and seconds into that kiss we heard a plop," married dad of three Andrew Hopper testified at an inquest. “We broke from that kiss and thought, ‘What was that?’ We looked and saw the buggy had gone.”

The couple dove in to pull the two children out. Hopper's eight-month-old baby boy survived, but his daughter, 2, died. Hopper's wife had no idea her husband was having an affair until that day. The coroner ruled the death an accident and said a gust of wind apparently blew the stroller into the sea.

The coroner ruled the death an accident and said a gust of wind blew the stroller into the sea.
The coroner ruled the death an accident and said a gust of wind blew the stroller into the sea.   (©midnightcomm)
A dad let a stroller holding two of his kids roll into the sea. His baby boy survived; his toddler daughter did not.
A dad let a stroller holding two of his kids roll into the sea. His baby boy survived; his toddler daughter did not.   (©Schantzilla!)
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JGirl
Nov 27, 2009 6:25 AM CST
i wondered the same thing
youngblood
Oct 10, 2009 12:01 PM CDT
Asshole and poor excuse for a Father and Human Being. R.I.P. Poor Poor Little Girl.
fancygapva
Oct 10, 2009 4:49 AM CDT
@godawgs, the idea of one spouse isn't even mentioned in the new testiment. In the old testiment multiple spouses were fine. The law of the land in the west is one wife only. I don't think it came out of the New Testament.

 
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