Cruelty to children at Caboolture, QLD

Detectives have charged a man and a woman as part of an ongoing investigation relating to a one-year-old child at Caboolture, Queensland Police say.

It is alleged that between 23 December 2015 and 13 February 2016, a 36-year-old Hazeldean man and a 27-year-old Caboolture woman failed to provide adequate medical assistance to a one-year-old child.

Both the man and the woman have been charged with one count each of cruelty to children and are scheduled to appear in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on February 6.

The man and the woman were previously charged in July 2016 with one count each of manslaughter as a result of the one-year-old child passing away at Caboolture on June 11.

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