A Queensland man will face a Supreme Courtroom trial accused of murdering his toddler son after a Justice of the Peace heard his accidents have been "constant" with being shaken.
Tiaan Burger, of Gladstone, was charged with the homicide of four-month-old Finnick Hercules Burger on January 15, 2020 following a committal listening to in Brisbane Magistrates Courtroom in the present day.
Burger was arrested on January 25 that yr, then aged 27, and was later granted bail by the Supreme Courtroom.
His solicitor, Brendan Ryan, spent greater than half-hour questioning Rohan Samarasinghe, the pathologist who carried out an post-mortem on Finnick.
Ryan requested Samarasinghe whether or not fractures to Finnick's posterior ribs may have been attributable to "falling from a peak from a change desk onto his again?".
Samarasinghe responded that it might be extremely unlikely.
"I have not seen fractures like that - which might be symmetrical from each side - from falling," he mentioned.
Samarasinghe mentioned there was proof of bruising on Finnick's back and front with "no different rationalization than squeezing" from a person's arms.
The pathologist agreed that it was "in line with a shaken child" and the ensuing mind accidents that Finnick appeared floppy and made uncommon crying noises earlier than turning into unresponsive a short while later.
The prosecution didn't name additional proof as soon as Ryan completed questioning Samarasinghe.
"I can see there's a prima facie case made out towards my shopper and he consents to be dedicated to the Supreme Courtroom for trial," Ryan mentioned.
Justice of the Peace Peter Saggers formally charged Burger with homicide.
He didn't enter a plea or give an additional response to being charged.
Burger was ordered to face trial within the Supreme Courtroom at a date to be decided by the Director of Public Prosecutions and his earlier order for bail was continued.
Exterior court docket, Ryan mentioned his shopper wouldn't be talking additional.