Father of school gunman faces manslaughter charges

The father of school massacre gunman Tim Kretchsmer could be charged with manslaughter for allowing his teenage son access to his weapons arsenal.

Joerg and Ute Kretschmer are in hiding after being allowed to see the body of their son one last time.

The couple left their 14-year-old daughter Jasmin with friends when they went under police guard to a coroner's office to see the remains of the young man.

Mr Kretschmer, who owns a paper company, is an avid gun collector. It was his Beretta pistol that his 17-year-old son took from his bedroom to use on his rampage.

The boy, who was in and out of psychiatric institutions five times last year, killed nine pupils and three teachers at the school in Winnenden, near Stuttgart in southern Germany, on Wednesday.