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Marty Silk

Man charged with boy's murder in Qld

A man has been charged with the torture and murder of a five-year-old boy in far north Queensland. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A man has been charged with torturing and murdering a five-year-old boy he knew in an Indigenous community in far north Queensland.

The child died from his injuries in Townsville Hospital on Monday after doctors had tried to save him for five days.

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