Dad charged with grievous bodily harm after allegedly throwing five-week-old baby into her cot at a north Brisbane home The father of a gravely ill five-week-old baby, right, leaves court with his lawyer after being accused of throwing the child. A FIVE-week-old baby has been left fighting for her life in hospital with serious injuries after her father allegedly threw her into her cot "as hard as he could." The North Lakes man, 39, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of his gravely ill daughter, was arrested by detectives from the Pine Rivers Child Protection Investigation Unit on Wednesday night and charged with grievous bodily harm. The man fronted the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday from behind the glass barrier of the prisoner's dock looking dishevelled in shorts and a t-shirt and with his hands folded across his body. His wife sobbed in the back of the public gallery throughout the hearing, flanked by the man's sister. The critically-ill child, who was undergoing treatment in isolation at the Mater Children's Hospital, was a twin. It will be alleged by police her father threw her back into her cot as hard as he could while he was angry. Police alleged the man picked up his daughter and tried to comfort her before putting her back into bed. It was alleged the child's mother heard what happened and immediately called for an ambulance. The child was taken to the Redcliffe Hospital shortly after the incident, which happened last Friday night. Defence lawyer James Wallace applied for bail on behalf of the man but it was opposed by police prosecutor Sgt Jacquelyn Hart, who tendered a lengthy objection to bail affidavit to Magistrate Wendy Cull. Mr Wallace said his client had secured accommodation with his sister at Helensvale if he was released on bail, and could report to police at nearby Coomera Police Station if necessary. He argued his client still hoped to have contact with his children, subject to the mother granting permission and him being supervised by a family member at all times. "Those conditions would reflect the serious nature of the offence while also allowing him some structured contact with his children, one of whom is gravely ill," Mr Wallace said. He said the injured baby was "quite ill" and implored the magistrate to allow the father contact with the child as "she may in fact not live for a great deal longer." Mr Wallace said the child could not be touched and was "in a bundle of medical material." Ms Cull said she could not allow the man to have contact with either of his young children, in the circumstances. "It's obviously a very stressful situation which has led to what is alleged to be a very serious matter," she said. She granted bail but did not grant the man permission to see either of his young twins. He did not speak to waiting media as he left the Brisbane City Watch House later on Thursday.