Tragedy as seven-week-old baby found dead at house sparks murder probe
Assistant News Editor
02:37, 28 May 2023
A seven-week-old baby has been found dead at a house in Australia as police launch a murder investigation.
Emergency services rushed to the scene in St Mary's in western Sydney at around 4.15am on Saturday.
At the scene, they found the baby, a boy, who was unresponsive.
The little boy was given CPR before being taken to The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
Police say he was unable to be revived.
A crime scene has been established and members of the Homicide Squad are assisting local police to determine the circumstances of the baby's death.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Elsewhere in Australia,
a 95-year-old woman died after she was tasered by police twice.
Clare Nowland died today in Cooma Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, a week after Senior Constable Kristian White tasered her as he felt threatened that she was holding a knife.
The incident has led to outcry across the world with many people questioning how a 5"2 dementia sufferer is a threat to a police officer with 12 years of experience.
White has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.
After Nowland was tasered, she fell to the floor and hit her head allegedly causing a fractured skull and brain bleed.
Police sent in to investigate what had happened removed her pyjamas for examination, Sky News Australia's Sharri Markson revealed.
She said: "She was left naked in the nursing home. The indignity is horrendous."
NSW police declined to comment on the incident as the investigation is ongoing.
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 1:37 am