Police Charge Woman With Assaulting Infant Child

Police have charged a 36-year-old woman from the East Coast, relating to an incident involving a three-month-old child this morning.

Around 2:00am, emergency services were called to a Triabunna address, after a portable cot had allegedly been flipped, resulting in minor injuries to the child.

The child was conveyed to the Royal Hobart Hospital in a stable condition and has since been discharged.

The 36-year-old woman was arrested and charged with assault this afternoon and will face the Hobart Magistrates Court at a later date.

It will be alleged the woman wasn’t known to the child, however was an associate of another person present.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at crimestopperstas.com.au. Information can be provided anonymously

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