Shock courtroom suicide as child abuser kills himself with hidden poison

A father took his own life in a courtroom moments after being found guilty of assaulting his baby daughter.

Ratnasabapathy Anandakumar, 40, drank poison from a Coca-Cola bottle he had smuggled into the dock.



He pulled the bottle out of his bag after being convicted of brutally attacking his daughter when she was three months old.

As judge, lawyers and jurors looked on, he drank the liquid before a security guard could intervene.

He died a few hours later in hospital. It is believed to be the first time a suspect has apparently committed suicide in court.