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A father has admitted to killing his own 11-year-old son by beating him after previously claiming the boy had fallen out of a tree.
Michael Harrison, 41, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mikey Harrison when he appeared over a link from HMP Nottingham in Derby Crown Court.
Dressed in a grey tracksuit top and jogging bottoms, the defendant admitted to causing the death of the boy but denied a more serious charge of murdering him.
Throughout the short hearing, Harrison leaned forward with his head on a desk, lifting it only to enter his pleas.
Michael Harrison, 41, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mikey Harrison when he appeared over a link from HMP Nottingham in Derby Crown Court. Pictured: Shipley Country Park, Derbyshire
He initially told the police that Mikey had suffered injuries as a result of falling out of a tree close to Shipley Country Park
As well as being charged with the murder he also faces one charge of controlling and coercive behaviour of a woman, which he pleaded not guilty to at this morning's hearing.
He initially told the police that Mikey had suffered injuries as a result of falling out of a tree close to Shipley
