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Subscriber only THE serious brain injuries suffered by baby Matthew Baxter could not be consistent with anything but trauma, a medical expert has told a court. Paediatric radiologist Dr Anthony Lamont gave evidence as the retrial of the boy s father Nicholas Aaron Baxter entered its third day in the Townsville Supreme Court on Wednesday. Baxter faces a single charge of manslaughter and is accused of shaking or striking his six-week-old son Matthew Riley Baxter and killing him when he was alone with the baby on November 3, 2011. When asked if he thought that trauma caused the severe brain haemorrhage suffered by the child Dr Lamont said I don t think this could be consistent with anything else.
Tears or bruises found in dead baby s brain tissue: Court
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Tears or bruises found in dead baby s brain tissue: Court
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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.