The man accused of violently shaking and dropping a 10-month-old baby into his cot late last year has pleaded not guilty in the Hobart Magistrates Court.
Daniel John Ridgers, 25, is facing a murder charge over the December death of Khaylan Shane Butler.
Khaylan was rushed to the Royal Hobart Hospital from a home in Warrane in December with critical injuries on December 1 and died a few days later.
Ridgers appeared via video link on Monday morning and was remanded in custody to reappear next month.
Last month, Khaylan’s family and friends gathered for a memorial on what would have been his first birthday.
“Today, we attended the magistrates court once again. Which ended with a plea of “Not Guilty”,” Khaylan’s mother wrote on the Justice For Khaylan Facebook page.
“Now we will go down the long and hard road of a trial.”
