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Father who fatally shook six-week-old baby wanted to put authorities 'off the scent', court hears

The baby was taken to Whyalla Hospital and then transferred to Adelaide, where she died. (ABC News)

A South Australian man who admitted to killing his baby daughter by shaking her sought to throw authorities "off the scent" of the crime, a court has heard.

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