<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man accused of manslaughter over a baby's drowning at a lakeside campsite intends to apply for bail, a magistrate has heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jaye Lee Walton was not required to appear in person in Ipswich Magistrates Court today for the first mention of his charge of manslaughter as a domestic violence offence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 42-year-old was arrested yesterday after the seven-month-old boy was discovered on the weekend by his mother in a lake at Chatsworth Park, near Gympie, north of Brisbane.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/mark-latham-domestic-abuse-allegations-response/2ede09a3-b9ae-4435-8ebc-0714200ecc2a" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Mark Latham denies shocking allegations of domestic abuse</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man was known to the child, police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence solicitor Mark Butler told Magistrate Robert Walker he would need to determine whether Walton was presumed to be entitled to bail or would have to argue he should not be detained.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a discussion with (the prosecutor's) office about a point of law issue, whether (Walton) finds himself in a show-cause position and if agreement can be reached on that point," Butler said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-ipswich-court-man-charged-with-manslaughter-over-babys-campsite-drowning-to-seek-bail/29b8cb60-cae0-4d6d-894f-27cd4c17cfd9" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I anticipate an application for bail will be made tomorrow."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boy's family were passing through on their way back to Far North Queensland and camped at Chatsworth Park about 50m from the water's edge on Friday night, police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The mother called emergency services after she found her child unresponsive in the lake on Saturday morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cop-who-held-partner-as-he-died-confronts-shooter-in-court/f09d6d39-a376-4983-b9dc-c771b93fedd5" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Cop who held partner as he died confronts shooter in court</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>People performed CPR before the baby was rushed to hospital, but the child was declared dead later that night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police on Monday said the mother was unable to explain how the infant ended up in the water.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The mother of the child did retrieve this child from the water. It's been a very traumatic experience for her clearly," Detective Inspector Craig Mansfield told reporters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Walton was later arrested after homicide detectives took up the case.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police prosecutor Sergeant Jo Colston today did not oppose Butler's application to adjourn the matter for one day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Walker ordered Walton be remanded in custody to appear in person in Ipswich Magistrates Court tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Butler declined to comment outside court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></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" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><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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