A 26-year-old man has been charged over the alleged attempted murder of a five-month-old baby girl in NSW s Hunter region.
On Saturday, December 12 of 2020, police responded to reports a then aged five-month-old girl had been taken to a local hospital suffering critical injuries.
She was later transferred to John Hunter Hospital for treatment.
The matter was referred to detectives at the State Crime Command s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad, with an investigation launched.
Following extensive inquiries, investigators arrested the 26-year-old man just before 9am today at a home in Cessnock.
The man, who is known to the child, was taken to Cessnock Police Station where he was charged with attempted murder.
Man charged with attempted murder of a baby
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A 26-year-old man has been charged with the attempted murder of a baby in the Hunter Valley region last year.
On December 12 police received reports that a five-month-old girl had been taken to a local hospital suffering serious injuries. She was later transferred to John Hunter Hospital for treatment and is still receiving treatment for the injuries.
The baby was transferred to John hunter Hospital suffering critical injuries.
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Detectives at State Crime Command Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad began an investigation and on Wednesday morning they arrested a man at a home in Cessnock.
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On Saturday, several members of the gang walked into a hotel in Branxton.
Police say two men, one aged 28, then approached two patrons inside the hotel and assaulted them.
Other customers then came to their aid and tried to break the fight up.
However, everyone involved, including the alleged victims, had already left by the time police arrived.
Following investigations, officers attended a home on Wollombi Road at Bellbird Heights, where they arrested the 28-year-old man.
He was taken to Hunter Valley Police Station and charged with affray.
The man was granted conditional bail and will appear in Cessnock Local Court on Wednesday 20 January 2021.
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Police charge man with affray after hotel brawl – Hunter Valley
A man will appear in court following investigations into a brawl at a hotel in Branxton at the weekend.
During the evening of Saturday 19 December 2020, several members of the Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gang attended a hotel in Branxton.
It will be alleged in court that, while inside the hotel two men, one aged 28, approached two patrons and assaulted them.
Other patrons in the venue came to their aid and separated the group; they all left the location – including the victims – prior to the arrival of officers from Hunter Valley Police District.