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A mother is to appear in court charged in connection with the death of her baby.
Danielle Massey has been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child following the death of seven-month-old Charlie Goodall at their home in February 2022.
The 31-year-old has also been charged with possession of cannabis and will appear at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on April 16.
On the afternoon of February 16, 2022, police were alerted by paramedics to a house in West Chilton Terrace, in Chilton, County Durham, where a baby boy was found to be unresponsive in the bath.
The child was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle, but sadly died shortly after arrival.