A 26-year-old man was today charged with manslaughter following the death of a baby in Sonning Common in June last year.

Colin Scholey, of Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common, was arrested after a four-month-old boy died at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, on June 30, 2009.

Scholey has been released on conditional bail to appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court on October 5.