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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 without a jury and said a charge of manslaughter required proof beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Baxter caused his son s death and said proof to that standard is absent .
Father accused of killing newborn son acquitted of manslaughter in second trial
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Former Australian soldier, Nicholas Baxter, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the two-week judge-only trial.
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A former Australian soldier accused of killing his newborn son in north Queensland almost a decade ago has been acquitted for a second time, in the Supreme Court in Townsville.
Key points:
He was convicted of manslaughter, but acquitted, and a retrial was ordered
A second, judge-only trial this month also acquitted him of the charge
Six-week-old baby Matthew Riley Baxter died of severe brain injuries in hospital in 2011.
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