Man charged with murder of four-month-old boy in NSW
A man has been charged with the murder of a baby boy who died in a NSW hospital late last month.
Police say the four-month-old was initially taken to Gunnedah Hospital on January 20 but transferred to John Hunter Hospital where he died the following day.
A strike force involving police from the state’s homicide and child abuse squad began investigating the child’s death, and on Friday morning arrested a 20-year-old man in Tamworth.
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The man was refused bail and will appear in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday.
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Originally published on 7NEWS
