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Subscriber only ALMOST a decade after turning off his infant son s life support, a Townsville father has pleaded not guilty to the death for the second time. Matthew Riley Baxter came into this world a few days early on September 24, 2011, weighing 2.9kg. At six weeks old, he was rushed to hospital unresponsive and three days later the sweet baby with the mop of black hair died. His father, Nicholas Aaron Baxter, was acquitted of his murder but convicted and jailed in 2017 after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter. This conviction was overturned on appeal. His second trial, which began yesterday in the Townsville Supreme Court, will be decided by a judge sitting alone.
Almost a decade after turning off his infant son’s life support, a Townsville father accused of killing his son has pleaded not guilty for the second time.
Almost a decade after turning off his infant son’s life support, a Townsville father accused of killing his son has pleaded not guilty for the second time.
Almost a decade after turning off his infant son’s life support, a Townsville father accused of killing his son has pleaded not guilty for the second time.
The Queensland Court of Appeal has ruled that a former Brisbane scout leader should spend four more years behind bars because the 26,000 images he was caught with showed such an extraordinary degree of depravity . Daniel Leslie Cooper, 42, will not be eligible for parole until 2030 after the Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions successfully argued that his 12-year jail sentence was manifestly inadequate . Cooper was jailed in February last year after he pleaded guilty to the possession, transmission and solicitation of more than 26,000 horrific child abuse images and videos using covert online messaging services. Brisbane Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Wilson described his offending, which began in 2016 and lasted almost two years, as lengthy, widespread and serious and depraved .