BABY DEATH: BOY, 17, DUE IN COURT.A 17-YEAR-OLD boy was due to appear in court today charged with the murder of a six-week-old baby girl. Lancashire Police revealed the Skelmersdale baby was taken to Ormskirk Hospital on January 9 this year. She was later transferred to Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital Alder Hey Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in West Derby, Liverpool. It is run by the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust as part of the UK National Health Service. , where she died on January 16. A post mortem [Latin, After death.] Pertaining to matters occurring after death. A term generally applied to an autopsy or examination of a corpse in order to ascertain the cause of death or to the inquisition for that purpose by the Coroner . examination showed the baby girl died as a result of a brain injury. The 17-year-old youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was due to appear before magistrates in the Lancashire town of Chorley this morning. A Lancashire constabulary Lancashire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in the North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston. spokesman said a 16-year-old girl, also arrested on suspicion of murder, was released without charge by police.. |
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