A young father accused of killing his three-week-old baby daughter in Inverness is to appear at the High Court next month – almost exactly a year after the tragedy.
Tom Haining, who recently turned 20, will appear in Glasgow on June 5.
Baby Mikayla died on Thursday, June 8, last year after being taken to the city’s Raigmore Hospital with what the police described at the time as “serious injuries”.
After the tragedy, detectives sealed off a flat on Mackay Road in the Hilton area of the Highland capital.
Haining, originally from Ardgour in the Morvern area, had lived in the flat with Mikayla’s mother, Shannon Davies.
Police initially treated the death as “unexplained” before later describing it as “suspicious”.
In the weeks after the tragedy detectives carried out door-to-door inquires in the block of flats.
Forensic officers were seen going in and out of the property.
A large blue tarpaulin was suspended from a balcony above the groundfloor maisonette flat covering the windows while officers worked at the scene, while uniformed police stood guard at the front door.
Haining made three appearances in private at Inverness Sheriff Court and made no plea. On the last occasion he was fully committed and released on bail.
A spokeswoman for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service confirmed: “There is a preliminary hearing on 5 June at Glasgow High Court.”
The exact charge or charges Haining will face will not be divulged until after the hearing.
