<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man has pleaded guilty to killing a baby and harming another after neglecting their basic needs for at least a day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Andrew William Campbell, 45, was today due to face the start of a seven-day trial in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> Supreme </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="Court"><span>Court</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He instead pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of eight-month-old Dexter Wilton before fleeing media waiting outside court ahead of sentencing.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/search-for-man-missing-in-brisbane-river-at-jindalee/f914268c-bd82-4bb5-bb1e-e95b30dfeb9e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Search continues for man missing in Brisbane River</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dexter's mother, Natalie Jade Whitehead, 38, pleaded guilty in October to manslaughter, neglect and failing to provide necessities of life over the baby boy's death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A judge heard Dexter's death was caused when </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/new-details-revealed-about-death-of-baby-queensland-boy/a7e692d3-a360-42b2-b4a5-f81fb04e106c" rel="" target="" title=" Whitehead left him unattended with another baby"><span>Whitehead left him unattended with another baby</span></a><span>, who cannot be named for legal reasons, at a unit in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, for at least 21 hours while she took drugs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The hours preceding death would have been extremely distressing both physically and emotionally," crown prosecutor Matt Le Grand told Justice Catherine Muir at the time.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/man-admits-killing-baby-and-harming-another-young-child/4f0ebe9a-7543-4a59-849e-73d517e5fee9" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedics found Dexter's body inside a property at Raceview in Ipswich on June 21, 2019.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Campbell allegedly lived in the house when the child died.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When asked in court today for his plea over the manslaughter of Dexter, Campbell said: "Guilty, Your Honour."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/north-macedonia-nightclub-fire-dozens-killed-in-massive-fire-in-kocani/f10d5a4a-0263-4861-92c0-e2e028045d77" target="_blank"><strong><span>Fifty-nine dead and 155 injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Campbell also pleaded guilty to a negligent act causing harm and failing to provide the necessities to another baby on an unknown date between June 16 and 22, 2019.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Le Grand told Justice Glenn Martin that Campbell's one count of interfering with a corpse would be subject to "nolle prosequi", meaning the prosecution would not continue with the charge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence barrister Damian Walsh told Justice Martin he did not wish to proceed to sentencing today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'll be getting some psychological material placed before the court," Walsh said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He sought for Campbell's bail to continue and Le Grand did not oppose the application.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Justice Martin ordered for the matter to face a review of the psychological evidence on March 26 and continued his bail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Whitehead in October was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment, but will be eligible for parole in June due to her three years and nine months already spent in custody.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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