'Please don't do this to me': jury in New Lambton baby murder trial played 'distressing' triple-zero call

DENIAL: Jie William Smith is on trial in Newcastle Supreme Court accused of murdering a six-month-old boy at New Lambton in 2019. Mr Smith claims the boy's mother inflicted the injuries before he accidentally dropped the boy.

THE jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a baby at New Lambton in 2019 have been played a "distressing" triple-zero call, during which accused killer Jie William Smith can be heard wailing and repeating "please don't do this to me."

Mr Smith, now 31, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter over the death of the baby and is facing an estimated four-week murder trial in Newcastle Supreme Court.