TAS:Couple charged with mistreating baby

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2010
TAS:Couple charged with mistreating baby

LAUNCESTON, Dec 22 AAP - A northern Tasmanian couple have been charged with ill-treating
a two-month old baby after an infant was taken to hospital with multiple fractures, police
say.

Police said the baby girl was taken to Launceston General Hospital on Wednesday morning
suffering "numerous fractures".

A 29-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, both from Ravenswood, in Launceston's south,
have been charged with criminal assault and ill-treating a child.

The pair have been refused bail to appear in Launceston Magistrates Court on Wednesday evening.

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KEYWORD: INFANT

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