A 15-year-old father from Western Australia has been charged with aggravated grievous bodily harm after he allegedly assaulted his 27-day-old child.
The baby boy now has critical head injuries and is now fighting for his life in a Perth hospital.
According to media reports, the 15-year-old boy allegedly assaulted the baby when the child’s mother momentarily left the Bunbury Regional Hospital room.
When the 16-year-old mother returned, the baby was unresponsive and the father was reportedly attempting to perform CPR. It’s believed the incident occurred on Saturday at around 7:20pm.
According to the West Australian, authorities are now investigating the incident and the baby is now under the care of the Department of Child Protection.
Child Protection Minister Helen Morton said the Department for Child Protection had been extensively involved with the family since the baby’s birth and they had been provided with the “appropriate support and services”.
The 27-day-old boy was supposed to be getting out of hospital for the first time yesterday since his premature birth last month.
The 15-year-old father appeared in court via a video link from Banksia Hill Detention Centre yesterday afternoon. The case has since been adjourned until February 28.
The child’s mother reportedly updated her Facebook account yesterday, writing: “I hope my son is okay… Missing him so much. Just want him in my arms.”
Out thoughts are with the baby boy.
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So us "older" mums are selfish women who want babies even though it's unnatural, and the younger mums are automatically 'well, who's suprised at this turn of events.' It seems unless you have your children between 23 and 27, you're a BAD MOTHER. Damned if you do and damned if you don't, much?
Why was the baby still in hospital in the first place? It was only 2 weeks early, and was still in hospital 27 days later?? Such a sad situation all around.
Maybe because the mother was younger they were keeping her and bubs in to help her adjust, if she was having trouble feeding or something?
There are multiple reasons why they could have still been in hospital