August 25, 2012 1.21 pm This story is over 138 months old

Father charged with baby girl bodily harm

Injured baby: 20-year-old Lincoln father charged with hurting his baby girl, who is in danger of permanent brain damage.

A 20-year-old Lincoln man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm to his baby girl.

The seven-week-old baby suffered a fractured skull, a bleed to the brain, a punctured lung and possibly permanent brain damage.

The child is being treated in hospital, in a stable condition.

Nicholas O’Rourke from Cotman Road allegedly harmed his baby girl on Thursday, August 23.

The father was remanded in custody and is due in court on August 30.

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