Date set to determine teen’s guilt in Alice Springs home invasion which left baby with fractured skull
A court case involving two teens, a horrific home invasion, and baby which had its skull fractured has had a development.
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An Alice Springs courtroom has heard of a development in a case involving two teens, a horrific home invasion, and a baby left with a fractured skull.
On August 15, two teens charged over the home invasion and attack on eight-week-old Antonia Siguenza and her mother Antonia will enter a plea in the Alice Springs Supreme Court.
The date was set by Supreme Court Justice Meredith Day Huntingford on Wednesday.
Neither teens have entered a plea since they first fronted court on December 12 last year.
They were arrested last year in relation to the alleged Bokhara St, Larapinta home invasion.
During the home invasion, Ms Siguenza was holding two-month-old Antonia when she was struck in the face with a metal fridge pole.
The metal fridge pole also struck baby Antonia, fracturing her skull.
Both Antonia and her mother were flown to Adelaide to receive treatment for their injuries.
The two teens are now 17 and 18-years-old, and were committed to the Supreme Court on April 3 this year where they were jointly charged with the assault on Antonia and her mother.
They have been charged with aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, unlawfully causing serious harm, and theft.
Previously, the Local Court committal in Alice Springs heard the pair were also jointly charged with stealing a gold Citizen watch, house and vehicle keys, Ms Siguenza’s wallet, a nappy bag, and various knives.
At their latest mention on Wednesday, neither were present.
Defence lawyer Sally Leonard, representing the eldest teen, said the matter was ready to be “resolved” and sought the date for a plea to be entered.
Mitchell Donaldson, representing the younger teen, did not oppose the date set by Justice Huntingford.
She remanded both in custody on Wednesday.
In February, Justice Huntingford bailed the younger teen to a remote community in the NT to attend a funeral.
The teen was flown to the community on a $7k taxpayer funded flight, and while in the community, he is alleged to have escaped.
He was placed back on remand and charged with breaching his bail, which is still before the courts.
In the wake of charges being laid against the teens, it was revealed the pair had been bailed a collective 35 times and had been charged with about 300 offences.
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