A 42-year-old Kent man is to face trial accused of killing his five-month-old son.

Christopher Pink, of Crown Road, Milton Regis, near Sittingbourne, denies the manslaughter of baby Robert on January 20 last year and cruelty towards him between December 20 and January 20.

Mr Pink appeared at Northampton Crown Court on Tuesday. The full trial hearing is expected to take place at Northampton in November. Mr Pink had his bail renewed.

Baby Robert died at Coalville Road, Newton, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Some days earlier he had been admitted to hospital suffering from a brain haemorrhage.