16 Jun 2014

Man charged with assaulting 8-month-old

4:09 pm on 16 June 2014

A man charged with assaulting an eight-month-old baby has been remanded in custody after appearing in the Hamilton District Court.

The 33-year-old from Hamilton was granted interim name suppression when he appeared on Monday.

The baby remains in a critical condition in Auckland's Starship Hospital after being transferred from Waikato Hospital on Sunday night.

Emergency services were called to a property in York Street in Hamilton East just after 11.30am on Sunday the man was later arrested there.

He is to reappear for a bail hearing on Tuesday.

Forensic experts began examining the house on Monday.

The Hamilton house at the centre of the police investigation.

The Hamilton house at the centre of the police investigation. Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae