The man charged with the murder of six-month-old Serenity Jay Scott has been denied bail.
Unemployed Hamilton man Mathew Ellery, 21, was arrested yesterday and charged with the baby’s murder in Ngaruawahia on April 26 last year.
He appeared in the Hamilton District Court this morning and has been remanded in custody.
Serenity died after being taken to Starship Hospital with critical injuries, after being found unresponsive in her Havelock Road home.
Police and medical staff believe her injuries were consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
Serenity's mother Chelsea Scott, 21, and Ellery were taken to Hamilton Police Station for questioning yesterday, after which Ellery was charged.
Ellery is scheduled to reappear in court on February 10.
Scott has a daughter with Ellery, but the child was placed in Child, Youth and Family care shortly after her birth on January 6.
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