A two-year-old boy died in hospital after being found with significant injuries in a Tamworth home in January. Police say a 23-year-old man was arrested in Gunnedah on Friday and has been charged with murder.
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00:00Emergency services were first called to an address in South Tamworth on Saturday, January
00:0818, where they found a two-year-old child unresponsive.
00:12The young boy was treated at the scene before being taken to Tamworth Base Hospital, where
00:18he later died.
00:19Police say the boy suffered significant injuries and the emergency call was made by a member
00:25of his family.
00:27On Friday, police from the Oxley Police District and the State's Homicide Squad arrested a
00:3223-year-old man in the nearby town of Gunnedah.
00:36He was taken to Tamworth Police Station and later charged with murder.
00:40The male was known to the child in a domestic capacity.
00:43We don't believe anyone else is at risk.
00:45We're not looking for any other person in relation to this matter.
00:48Whilst in terrible circumstances, we're satisfied that there's no other person at risk at this
00:54time.
00:55Tamworth Police Inspector Tom Aylett addressed a media conference at the Tamworth Police
00:59Station today where he told reporters the man was known to police.
01:04He was refused bail at Parramatta Court on Saturday and he'll remain in custody until
01:09his next court appearance in April.