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| Father questioned over baby death | |
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| Detectives investigating the death of a baby boy are questioning the child's father. | |
| Fourteen-week-old Cameron Leslie from the New Mossley estate in Newtownabbey died after being admitted to hospital with serious injuries. | Fourteen-week-old Cameron Leslie from the New Mossley estate in Newtownabbey died after being admitted to hospital with serious injuries. |
| The baby boy's father Ryan Leslie, who is 24, has been arrested in connection with the death. | The baby boy's father Ryan Leslie, who is 24, has been arrested in connection with the death. |
| The child was initially taken to Antrim Area Hospital with a number of injuries on Thursday. | The child was initially taken to Antrim Area Hospital with a number of injuries on Thursday. |
| He was then transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children in Belfast, where he died on Saturday. | He was then transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children in Belfast, where he died on Saturday. |
| A top floor flat in New Mossley has been sealed off by police for forensic examination. | A top floor flat in New Mossley has been sealed off by police for forensic examination. |
| The baby's 18-year-old mother is being comforted by relatives. | The baby's 18-year-old mother is being comforted by relatives. |
| Rev Ian McDonald, of New Mossley Presbyterian Church, said: "I think there is a real sense in which people are just concerned about the folk involved. | Rev Ian McDonald, of New Mossley Presbyterian Church, said: "I think there is a real sense in which people are just concerned about the folk involved. |
| "It is one of the natures of life here - there is a closeness, sometimes the community's hard, but at a time like this there is real support and help for and we've seen that in a number of ways and I don't think it's any different here. | "It is one of the natures of life here - there is a closeness, sometimes the community's hard, but at a time like this there is real support and help for and we've seen that in a number of ways and I don't think it's any different here. |
| "People are shocked. Certainly as a church we believe that it's important to be there for everyone concerned." | "People are shocked. Certainly as a church we believe that it's important to be there for everyone concerned." |