By ABC NEWS.
A 10-month-old baby is in a coma after suffering “blunt force trauma” and significant burns in an attack at a home in western Sydney.
The de facto partner of the baby’s mother has been charged with recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Police said the 23-year-old man was at home alone with the boy when paramedics were called to the property in Penrith about 3:50pm on Sunday.
The boy suffered significant burns to 40 per cent of his body on his head, neck, chest and back and also sustained significant head and facial injuries.
Detective Superintendent Brett McFadden said the burns were believed to have been caused by hot water while the other injuries appeared to be the result of blunt force.
“The injuries are significant and they are horrendous,” he said.
The baby was taken to Westmead Children’s Hospital where he was placed in an induced coma and remains in a critical condition.
Detective McFadden said the boy’s mother was with the child at the hospital and spoke to police on Sunday night.
“The mother is very distressed,” he said.
The man was refused bail and will appear in Penrith Local today.
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The guy has a criminal history, described as 'long and extensive'. I am so over these stories - it's never the babies' father, always some low-rent suburb full of scumbags. What was that woman thinking getting involved with this person - maybe she didn't know about his criminal history but there would have been indications as to the sort of person he was. Why put your kids at risk? Too late now. I hope the little boy survives.
I left a scum bag like this guy when I fell pregnant at 17. He was 21 and a total alcoholic moron who was abusive to boot. I put up with too much crap but the moment he grabbed me around my stomach and tried to slam me in to a kitchen bench when I was 13 weeks along I was so out of there. I got a restraining order and have had no contact whatsoever since. My son deserved more. Since then I've not had a relationship. I have completely dedicated myself to my boy who is now 4.
I know myself that I have terrible taste in men and I don't want to risk anything. I might be blinded and I don't want to risk that I'm getting involved with someone who will hurt my son or my son won't get on with. I don't want to do anything that could put him at risk.
These mothers that jump from guy to guy who are always more important than their kids really break my heart. That poor baby deserved so much better
What sort of sub human burns a baby?? Let me take a guess, this guy will have a criminal history of some sort????? How is this not attempted murder???