Baby's death remains mystery after dad acquitted
Premium Content 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 w...