A jury has retired to decide if a Sydney stepfather is guilty of intentionally drowning a severely disabled teenager in a bathtub.
Charlie Younes, 45, has pleaded not guilty to murdering 18-year-old Steven Copo-Horton, also known as Steven Copo. Steven died about a week after his mother, Rebecca Horton, broke off her relationship with Younes.
Steven could not walk or talk and moved around by crawling and shuffling on his bottom.
Younes said he discovered Steven in the bath of the mother's home and raised the alarm to those sleeping in the house about 2am on October 28, 2013.
The Crown says it's highly unlikely Steven was able to get out of his bedroom, get in the bath, turn on the water and drown unassisted.
The jury began considering its verdict on Tuesday afternoon at 1pm.
Australian Associated Press
