Couple accused of bashing son to death

A Pennsylvania couple charged the beating death of the 7-year-old son they adopted from Russia will remain behind bars until their trial.

A district justice today ordered Michael and Nanette Craver to remain in York County Prison. They will next appear in court in June.

They are facing charges including criminal homicide in the boy's death on August 25 last year.

The couple adopted Nathaniel, formerly named Ivan Skorobogatov, and his twin sister in 2003 from an orphanage in Russia. The girl is now in foster care.

Defence attorneys say the prosecution has not proved that the couple injured Nathaniel.

- AP