A four-year-old girl is in hospital after allegedly being violently attacked in her home in the middle of the night. The youngster, who can't be named for legal reasons, was allegedly the victim of an attempted murder in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Police were called to her home in Paisley, Renfrewshire, at around 3am, after she was found injured and she was rushed to hospital. Sean Lochrie, 32, was arrested in connection with the alleged attack on the girl and was held in police custody for two nights.
He appeared in the dock at Paisley Sheriff Court this afternoon to face a single charge of assault to severe injury, danger of life and attempted murder over the alleged incident. Prosecutors claim he attacked the girl "and did inflict blunt force injuries to her head and body".
