18/01/2010
Two Charged With Child's Death
A man and a woman have been charged following the death of 15-month-old Violet Mullen in Oldham.
Gary Alcock, 28, and Claire Flanagan, 21, both of Huddersfield Road, Oldham, have both been charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child under the Domestic Violence Act 2005.
The pair appeared before Oldham magistrates on Saturday 16 January.
No application for bail was made and they were remanded in custody to appear before magistrates again today when their case is expected to be sent to Manchester Crown Court for trial.
Shortly after 7.30pm on Tuesday 12 January, police received a report from the ambulance service of a 15-month-old baby girl, Violet Mullen, being brought into Royal Oldham Hospital for cardiac arrest.
Violet died a short time later.
(PR/BMcC)
Gary Alcock, 28, and Claire Flanagan, 21, both of Huddersfield Road, Oldham, have both been charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child under the Domestic Violence Act 2005.
The pair appeared before Oldham magistrates on Saturday 16 January.
No application for bail was made and they were remanded in custody to appear before magistrates again today when their case is expected to be sent to Manchester Crown Court for trial.
Shortly after 7.30pm on Tuesday 12 January, police received a report from the ambulance service of a 15-month-old baby girl, Violet Mullen, being brought into Royal Oldham Hospital for cardiac arrest.
Violet died a short time later.
(PR/BMcC)
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