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Subscriber only The cause of death of six-week-old baby Matthew Riley Baxter remains a matter of speculation after Justice David North acquitted Nicholas Aaron Baxter for manslaughter in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Mr Baxter, a former Australian soldier, was accused of killing his newborn son in Townsville almost a decade ago and jailed in 2017 after a jury found him not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. The conviction was later overturned and a retrial was ordered by Queensland s Court of Appeal. Justice North ordered Mr Baxter be tried by a judge sitting without a jury and said a charge of manslaughter required proof beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Baxter caused his son s death and said proof to that standard is absent .
Baby s death remains mystery after dad acquitted
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Baby s death remains mystery after dad acquitted
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