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A Kentucky man accused of killing his 1-month-old son by punching the infant out of frustration over losing in a video game was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter, according to multiple reports including the Louisville Courier Journal and WDRB.

In May 2019, Anthony Trice, 32, of Louisville, was alone at home with his baby son. As he began losing in a video game, he threw the controller and struck the child with his fist, according to an arrest citation, the Courier Journal reported.

The father then picked up his son in an attempt to quiet him — but dropped him as he walked to the kitchen to prepare a bottle. Trice propped his son in a seated position and stepped away to use the bathroom, police said, but he returned to find the child “in distress,” according to the citation.

At that point, Trice called 911, according to the citation.

The day after the incident, Trice was arrested on a charge of first-degree criminal abuse of a child. But, per a GoFundMe page by the child’s grandparent, the baby died while receiving care at a local hospital. Trice’s charges were later upgraded to murder, to which Trice initially pleaded not guilty.

But he later pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge, the Courier Journal and WDRB reported. WDRB reported Trice entered an Alford plea, wherein a defendant doesn’t admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence to convict him.

He was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday, Dec. 19, in Jefferson Circuit Court.

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In a 2019 interview with WLKY, the baby’s aunt said she and her sister — the child’s mother — had left him with Trice over the weekend to attend Kentucky Derby weekend festivities. Before leaving the house, she told the outlet, Trice had told her that he was excited to buy new clothes for the infant.

“We were talking about the clothes that he got and what he was about to get him and stuff,” said Tunstill. “My sister and her boyfriend weren’t arguing or none of that.”

Tanjia Howlett, the baby’s maternal grandmother, told WLKY that Trice called the child’s mother after he dialed 911.

“I’m mad,” she said to the outlet in 2019. “I wouldn’t have ever thought this would happen to our family.”