Sairusi Ceinaturaga Senilawalawa

The man accused of murdering a child last month in Cunningham, Nasinu, was not in court this morning as one of his sureties bailed him out.

Legal Aid lawyer representing Sairusi Ceinaturaga Senilawalawa revealed in court what happened.

Ceinaturaga remains in the preventive detention center.

He is charged with one count of murder, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of assault intended to cause grievous bodily harm.

Ceinaturaga allegedly hit the child with an aluminum cooking spoon, then slammed the child’s head against a wall before throwing him onto a mattress.

The accused is also said to have slapped the deceased child’s three-year-old brother and bit him on the face.

Ceinaturaga allegedly assaulted his de facto partner, the mother of the two children.

Police previously confirmed that medical officials alerted Totogo police about the case after the child was pronounced dead at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital.

The case was referred to the police because the victim had visible injuries from an assault.

Police also said the investigation revealed that the accused also assaulted the victim’s three-year-old brother, who was found in the home with visible injuries.

The matter will be called again on the 18th of this month.