Lifestyle blogger confesses to starving his newborn son to death after trying ... trends now
A lifestyle blogging father has confessed to starving his newborn son to death after trying to prove the baby could survive on nothing but sunlight.
His child Kosmos died from 'pneumonia and emaciation' after Maxim Lyutyi, 44, and partner Oxana Mironova, 34, failed to properly feed the boy, less than one month old.
The Russian father faces up to eight years in jail and a fine for the 'intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm'.
He admitted his guilt in a final court appearance ahead of sentencing this week in Sochi.
Previously, he had sought to pin the blame on Mironova who has already received a non-custodial sentence of two years 'correctional labour'.
Blogger Maxim Lyutyi, 44, pleads guilty to torturing his son by insisting the child survived on sun-rays instead of food
The Russian father faces up to eight years in jail and a fine for the 'intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm'
Blogger Maxim Lyutyi, 44, pleads guilty to torturing his son by insisting the child survived on sun-rays instead of food
Mironova (right), 34, admitted her guilt and repented over the death of her son. Lyutyi (left) faces a separate trial accused of torturing his newborn baby
Lyutyi has long campaigned for highly restrictive diets consisting of raw ingredients
The court was earlier told Lyutyi wanted to raise the newborn on prana-eating - a diet in which people go without food and water for a long time and 'feed on the sun'.
He was accused of barring Mironova from breastfeeding the child, and was described as a 'radical raw food
