Three-week-old baby dies after being stabbed along with mum, 21, at Newcastle home
A BABY boy has died after being stabbed along with his mum at a house in Newcastle.
The three-week-old tot was rushed to hospital after he was found with knife wounds at his home last Thursday.
Northumbria Police today revealed the youngster had died after four days fighting for life.
His mum is in a serious condition but is now awake and talking in hospital.
Denis Erdinch Beytula, 27, was charged with two counts of attempted murder last Friday.
He appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court and will next appear on October 31.
‘DEVASTATING’ ATTACK
Police said the community was in shock after the “devastating” attack in Wallsend, North Tyneside.
It comes after shocked witnesses revealed how they saw the baby being carried out of the home on a bloodied stretcher yesterday.
Lesley Ann Battensby, 23, who lives opposite, said: “I saw the mum get brought out first on the bed. She was on oxygen surrounded by paramedics.
“Then I saw the baby being carried by the paramedics. He was on oxygen. The road was covered in ambulances. It’s left us proper shaken.”
Mum-of-one Hannah Tiplady, 18, who also lives nearby, added: “I saw the lady on the stretcher. I saw there was blood on the stretcher.
“Then I saw the baby, with the paramedics. It was horrible.
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“He had oxygen and they were carrying him.
“It’s scary to be so close…it’s shocking.”
Portland Close is made up of four blocks of flats containing six apartments each, with two car parks to the rear.
One of the car parks has also been cordoned off, along with the door to the block of flats in which the mother and child were assaulted.