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A MAN appeared in court yesterday, charged with the murder last week of a 15-month-old Co Fermanagh infant. Millie Martin died from injuries in the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children on Friday when her life support was switched off.

Barry Michael McCarney (30), originally from Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, appeared before magistrate Greg McCourt at Omagh, charged with a single count of murder. The charge sheet records that he replied to detectives when charged: “I’m saddened and sickened by Millie’s death. I’m totally innocent of this charge. I’ve nothing whatever to do with the death of Millie Martin.”