Detectives investigating the death of a baby in Fulwood have charged a man with his murder.
Officers were called to Squires Wood at around 1.30am on 14th June 2022, to a report that a six-week-old baby had been taken to hospital with a head injury.
The boy – who can now be named as Huxley Sayle – never recovered and tragically died on 14th July 2022.
His cause of death was traumatic head injury.
On 18th June 2022, a 31-year-old man from Fulwood was arrested on suspicion of Section 18 Wounding. He was later re-arrested on suspicion of murder.
Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, Peter Sayle, 31, of Squires Wood, Fulwood, was last night (27th March 2025) charged with Huxley’s murder.
He was remanded into custody to appear at Preston Magistrates Court.

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