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Cassandra Morgan

Father accused of violent fatal assault on newborn

A man is fighting a child homicide charge in the Supreme Court after his 24-day-old died. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

A Victorian father violently assaulted his 24-day-old baby before trying to resuscitate him in the lead-up to the newborn's death, prosecutors allege.

The man, whose identity is suppressed, is fighting a charge of child homicide in the Supreme Court of Victoria after the boy died in hospital in November 2017.

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