Forensicwx
Final Roll Call 4153. STLCO 10-42 10/13 @ 1519
"A 15-YEAR-OLD boy was supposed to spend a hospital visit last February learning to take care of his month-old son, but yesterday in a Perth court the teenager admitted to killing his baby during that visit.
The teenager, now 16, appeared in Perth Children’s Court yesterdaypleading guilty to the unlawful killing of his baby boy.
The 15-year-old was left alone with the baby at Bunbury hospital for only 10 minutes while the baby’s mother was outside.
When the 16-year-old mother returned, the baby was limp, pale and not breathing, Nine News reported.
While the teenager initially told police he had “bumped” the infant, saying he heard a “pop” as the child heads hit door frame, state prosecutor Bruno Fiannaca told the court the explanation was found to be “implausible”.
The child’s injuries were found to be “consistent with blunt force trauma”, possibly by being stomped on as he lay on his side on the ground.
A surgeon who examined the baby said he had the worst head and brain injuries she had ever seen.
The man was initially charged with serious assault, but the charge was upgraded after the child died ten days later, News Corp reports."
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