Two charged over death of boy, two
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A man and a woman have been charged with manslaughter after the death of a two-year-old boy in Belper
15 March 2012
A man and a woman have been charged with the manslaughter of a two-year-old boy who died in hospital after being taken ill.
Derbyshire Constabulary said the 41-year-old man and the woman, 32, would appear at South Derbyshire Magistrates' Court, accused of killing Riley Pettipierre.
Riley was taken to hospital from a property in Kilbourne Road in Belper, but died shortly afterwards.
Those charged with his manslaughter, who are from Belper, have yet to be named by police.
A post-mortem examination was carried out but the cause of Riley's death is not yet known and police are awaiting the results of toxicological tests.