5:31p.m. 13th November 2007

| Mark Furler and AAP

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A man who allegedly squeezed his partner’s 19-day-old baby boy to death because it wouldn’t stop crying has faced court.

The murder charge follows a sickening series of alleged attacks on children across Australia, including the alleged assault of a three-year-old girl in Sydney, the dumping of a little boy in suitcase and the alleged murder of a two-year-old at Margate, near Redcliffe.

A 21-year-old man from Logan, today faced Beenleigh Magistrates Court today on one count of murder over the baby’s death on Saturday.

The baby boy was taken to Mater Children’s Hospital from the Loganlea home, but died about 9.45pm (AEST).

A post-mortem examination revealed the child suffered fractures to its ribs and skull.

Detective Inspector Dave Hutchinson told AAP police would allege the man became frustrated after he was unable to comfort the crying child.

“(It’s alleged) he became frustrated by the fact that he couldn’t quieten the child, and has subsequently squeezed it for a period of time beyond a reasonable level and caused these injuries,” Det Insp Hutchinson said.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded in custody to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on January 15.

Meanwhile, a man has also been charged over an assault on a three-year-old Sydney girl.

Police were called to Dobu Place at Glenfield, in Sydney’s west, about 10.15pm on Monday, where they found the infant with bruising to her body and cuts and bruises to her face.

She was taken to Westmead Children’s Hospital, where she today remained in a stable condition in the care of the Department of Community Services (DoCS).

A 23-year-old Glenfield man was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm and was due to appear in Campbelltown Local Court today.

The case follows Australian outrage over the death of two-year-old Dean Shillingsworth, whose decomposed body was found stuffed in a tartan suitcase in a duck pond at Ambarvale, in Sydney’s south-west.

In Queensland, a 34-year-old Brisbane man was recently charged over the death of a two-year-old boy, who was recently released from foster care.

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