Overview

• Emergency services discovered the one-year-old with critical injuries at a private address in Darlington’s Branksome area on May 26.
• The infant remains in critical condition at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Durham Constabulary has charged Craig Neill, 25, and Amy Cave, 20, with causing or allowing a child to suffer serious physical harm.
• Neill and Cave appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on May 28 and will return for a Crown Court hearing on June 26.
• A 24-year-old man initially arrested in connection with the incident has been released on bail as inquiries continue.