Man denies murdering his baby son at house in Ayr
Brian Penn is accused of inflicting blunt force trauma on the two-month-old in November 2017
A man accused of killing his baby son by inflicting blunt force trauma on his head and body at a house in Ayr has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Brian Penn, 29, allegedly assaulted two-month-old Kaleb Penn at a house on Wilson Street on 1 November 2017.
Prosecutors claim Penn compressed and shook the baby to his severe injury before he died in Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital two days later.
Penn is also charged with attempting to murder the tot on various occasions between 13 October 2017 and 31 October 2017.
It is claimed Penn repeatedly inflicted blunt force trauma on Kaleb’s head and body by means unknown.
He is then said to have compressed his body and shaken him all to his severe injury and danger of life.
Penn wasn’t at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday as his defence QC Brian McConnachie tendered pleas of not guilty to the charges.
A special defence of incrimination was also entered by Mr McConnachie.
A further hearing was set for August 6 by Judge Lord Mulholland who continued the bail of Penn, of Mossblown, Ayrshire, meantime.
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