Father who beat "paedophile" is spared jail

Devinder Kainth (40), reportedly killed, Sandro Rottman (37), an alleged Paedophile by continuously punching him, after Rottman took photographs of Kainth's daughter. This incident had taken place in February, in Spain, where Kainth, his partner, Gemma Hawkins, and their three young children were on holiday.

Sandro Rottman, a German national, was being investigated by the police at the time, who had found images of child sex abuse on his computer.

Kainth was arrested at the scene and admitted manslaughter at the Algeciras Criminal Court, in Spain, on Wednesday 25^th November. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment, however, it seems as the though sentence may get suspended as the Spanish Court does not usually force a first time offender to serve prison time for sentences of less than two years.

Rottman was an alleged known alcoholic. The court agreed that the deceased's alcohol abused played a role in his death. The court also considered the Kainth's emotional state after seeing his daughter's photographs, when the attack took place.

A document by the court read, “When the accused [Devinder Kainth] finished eating and got up to leave the restaurant he realised as he talked to Sandro [Rottman] that he had been taking photos of his children without his consent. This really upset the accused and led to him shouting at Sandro that he should erase them whilst he demanded he explain his actions. The tense situation led to a fight in which the accused punched Sandro several times in the head.”

The court also stated that the punches alone may not have caused Rottman's death; he suffered from severe liver cirrhosis which led him to die soon after the attack.