Man charged with assaulting Gold Coast baby

A man has been charged over the alleged assault of a baby girl, which left her in a Gold Coast hospital with serious brain injuries.

Detectives arrested the 39-year-old at Brisbane Airport overnight after he returned from Western Australia.

Police were called on July 20 after the four-month-old girl became unresponsive and was transported from her Upper Coomera home to the Gold Coast University Hospital.

She was later transferred to a hospital in Brisbane with very serious brain injuries.

The man, of no fixed address, has been charged with grievous bodily harm and is due to face Southport Magistrates Court today.