A man facing serious assault charges involving an infant who died in Porangahau last year has been granted bail with interim name suppression after a brief appearance in Hastings District Court.
No plea was entered by the 27-year-old when appeared on Wednesday. He was remanded to reappear next month.
The girl died on October 8 last year and the man now faces charges of causing grievous bodily harm, aggravated assault and assault alleging offences in the southern Hawke's Bay coastal settlement during the 4-5 days preceding the girl's death.
The aggravated assault charge alleges the man assaulted the child with a cellphone on October 3.
Applications by defence counsel Alexandra McPherson for bail and interim name suppression were not opposed by police and were granted by Judge Gordon Matenga.
