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Porangahau father found guilty of assaulting baby on night of her death
28 Apr, 2021 02:23 AM
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Judge Bridget Mackintosh convicted the father of the baby on all three charges. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
The father of a seven-month-old Porangahau girl who died in 2019 has been found guilty of assaulting her on the night that she died.
Seven-month-old Hineteaorangi Maraki was found lifeless in her bed on the morning of October 8, 2019, having gone to bed a happy child.
An autopsy found she had a fractured skull and had suffered blunt force trauma to her head.
Her father David (Rawiri) Maxwell Sciascia appeared in the Hastings District Court on Wednesday afternoon facing charges of causing grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard, two of assault with a weapon and one representative charge of assaulting a child.