{"id":8587,"date":"2026-07-13T10:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-appears-in-court-accused-of-murdering-one-month-old-baby-son\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:31:10","slug":"man-appears-in-court-accused-of-murdering-one-month-old-baby-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-appears-in-court-accused-of-murdering-one-month-old-baby-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Man appears in court accused of murdering one-month-old baby son"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_3d5bec\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Niall Worsfold, 29, of Leeds, wept at the hearing as police confirmed he had been charged with the murder of his one-month-old baby son<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36707496\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leeds Crown Court\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36707496.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_LEE_Leeds-Crown-Court.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36707496.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/3_LEE_Leeds-Crown-Court.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36707496.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/3_LEE_Leeds-Crown-Court.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36707496.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_LEE_Leeds-Crown-Court.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Leeds Crown Court\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Leeds Crown Court<cite aria-label=\"Image: MEN MEDIA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: MEN MEDIA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has appeared in court charged with <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/murder-trial\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">murdering <\/a>his one-month-old baby son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Niall Worsfold, 29, of <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/leeds\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Leeds<\/a>, was tearful as he appeared at the hearing charged with the murder of his child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police said the baby, whose name has not been released, died on July 10 2020 six days after being admitted to hospital from an address in Lincombe Drive, Gledhow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/west-yorkshire-police\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">West Yorkshire Police<\/a> said Worsfold has also been charged with one count of child cruelty. He made his first appearance before a crown court judge in Leeds on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">At the preliminary hearing a trial was scheduled to start on February 22 next year with court hearing expected to last up to four weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The defendant, who appeared via video link from prison and appeared tearful throughout the hearing, was not asked to enter pleas to the charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 29-year-old was remanded in custody until his next appearance, plea and trial preparation hearing at Leeds Crown Court on September 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judge Howard Crowson told him: \u201cThe prosecution will make sure all evidence is available to your lawyers by August 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI think you already know what\u2019s alleged against you in pretty clear terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police said a 25-year-old woman, who was arrested as part of the investigation, has been released with no further action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/baby-murder-trial-niall-worsfold-37423721\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niall Worsfold, 29, of Leeds, wept at the hearing as police confirmed he had been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3_LEE_Leeds-Crown-Court.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}