Babysitter Quentin Corrigan charged with the murder of baby Ronan Davies

Baby Ronan Davies’ babysitter has been arrested and will face court on Wednesday charged with the murder of the little boy.

Baby Ronan Davies. Picture: Facebook

A man has been arrested and will face court on Wednesday charged with the murder of infant Ronan Davies.

Quentin Corrigan, 30, will face the Adelaide Magistrates Court some time on Wednesday.

He was arrested sometime on Tuesday in relation to the death of baby Ronan last month.

SA Police have yet to make a statement on the arrest.

Mr Corrigan was a babysitter of 17-month-old Ronan.

Quentin Corrigan, 30, will face the Adelaide Magistrates Court some time on Wednesday. Picture: 7NEWS

Major Crime detectives believe the boy, also known as “Ro”, was assaulted as the family friends cared for him over two days at their Glenelg North flat, this month.

When his father discovered him unconscious, paramedics rushed him to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital just after 5.30pm on Wednesday, June 7.

He died two days later from critical injuries despite desperate efforts to save him.

In a media interview, prior to his arrest, Mr Corrigan claimed the boy accidentally fell from his pram.

The heavily tattooed man, who has “loyalty” inked on his left cheek, has denied he hurt the boy he “idolised like my own”.

Speaking last week outside his second floor western suburbs apartment as he went to work, Mr Corrigan, a chef originally from NSW, insisted the boy, who he “idolised”, slipped from the pram after he turned away for a split second but was “fine after that”.

His comments came as Ronan’s distraught parents paid an emotional tribute to their toddler son who they said was “perfect in every way”.

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