Two-week-old baby in hospital after sexual assault
Infant has 'a number of serious injuries'
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Your support makes all the difference.A two week old baby is in intensive care in a Belfast hospital after allegedly being raped.
Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are investigating the crime, which a spokesperson said had left the infant with "a number of serious injuries".
They have charged a 25-year-old man with with rape and grievous bodily harm with intent.
He appeared at Armagh Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The infant is from the Annalong area of County Down and is understood to be receiving treatment at the paediatric unit of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.
A spokesperson for the Belfast Trust said: "We do have a child in our care but we will not be commenting further due to the family's request for privacy."
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