The court case against an Illawarra father accused of violently shaking his young son, who later died in hospital, has been adjourned to next month so further evidence can be gathered.
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Police allege the 22-year-old man, who cannot be named, grabbed the boy by the waist and shook him on December 3 last year at a Warrawong home.
The boy was taken to hospital the next day with bleeding on the brain and died three days later.
On Wednesday, Port Kembla Local Court was told a paediatric specialist’s report was yet to be served on defence lawyers.
Magistrate Mark Richardson ordered the remainder of the brief of evidence be handed over to the man’s defence team by November17, the same date the man is due back in court.
