Man charged after newborn girl seriously injured

A frustrated father allegedly gave his crying infant daughter brain and neck damage when he shook her in their southwest Sydney home.

A frustrated father allegedly gave his crying infant daughter brain and neck damage when he shook her in their southwest Sydney home.

The 25-year-old allegedly admitted to police he squeezed the four-week-old girl by the abdomen, shaking her back and forth at their Cartwright home on the night of November 8, a court heard.

The couple at the birth of the baby girl. Picture: Seven News

The baby girl has suffered brain damage as well as neck and spinal injuries. Picture: Facebook

The baby was still fighting for life with swelling on the brain and serious damage to her neck and ribs in The Children’s Hospital at Westmead on Wednesday night.

On the night of the alleged attack, the baby’s mother is understood to have taken a shower, after which she noticed something was wrong and rushed the baby to Liverpool Hospital.

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The father who allegedly shook his baby girl. Picture: Seven News

The father of the baby girl who was injured. Picture: Seven News

The baby was suffering seizures by the time she arrived and was transferred to Westmead.

After being at his baby’s bedside, the girl’s father attended Parramatta Police Station on Tuesday where Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad detectives arrested him during an interview and charged him with recklessly inflict grievous bodily harm.

Doctors have been told the baby may not survive, in which case the man’s charges would likely be upgraded.

A relative of the accused man leaves court today. Picture: Adam Yip

A four-week-old baby girl has been left with critical head and chest injuries. Picture: AAP

Court papers allege the attack happened some time between 5pm and 9pm.

In Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday, Magistrate Tim Keady said the father allegedly became frustrated at his child’s crying in the “extremely serious” case of domestic violence.

Prosecutors opposed bail on the basis the man had been in a position of authority at the time of the alleged attack and had made some admissions to police about the incident.

But Mr Keady granted bail on the conditions he not approach the hospital at Westmead, surrender his passport, report daily to police and live at his mother’s house in Glenfield.

A provisional apprehended violence order was also put in place to separate the father and daughter.

Paperwork for the man’s bail was still being finalised last night and he is expected to be released by Corrective Services today.