Parents charged after newborn baby left with ‘significant injuries’

A mother and father who live in southeast Manitoba are accused of leaving their newborn baby boy with significant injuries in an assault in September.

On Sept. 9, Manitoba RCMP were advised the parents brought their baby, who was less than a month old at the time, to Winnipeg to get medical treatment for “unexplained injuries.”

Hospital staff who examined the little boy found “significant injuries,” including multiple fractures, lacerations and bruises. The infant was taken into care by a child-welfare authority after the examination, RCMP said.

RCMP child abuse investigators began looking into the injuries and executed a warrant at the parents’ home in rural Manitoba. Crown prosecutors recently authorized aggravated assault charges against the mother and father, who are both 32-years-old.

The parents were released on an undertaking ahead of court proceedings.