Roughhousing did not kill boy, irresponsibility did

1:10 P.M. — The stepfather did it — but not on purpose.

That excuse is the basis of the defense for Phillipe Gayle of Cape Coral. He faces charges of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child neglect in the February 2008 death of stepson Joshua Jenkins, 6.

The trial will resume at 8:30 a.m. Monday in Lee Circuit Judge Ramiro Manalich's Courtroom 4B.

Gayle, 28, didn't do anything differently than adults do every day playing with young children.