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WA dad pleads guilty to killing baby
AAP
A 50-year-old man has pleaded guilty to unlawfully killing his two-month-old daughter at a home in Perth's south.
Narelle Storm Pears was malnourished and had multiple injuries, including skull and rib fractures, when she was found at a house in St James in January, the court has previously heard.
Tony James Paraha pleaded guilty in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday and will appear in the WA Supreme Court on January 13.
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The baby's mother, 30-year-old Melanie Anne Pears, previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will also be sentenced next year.
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