An 18-month-old boy remains in a serious condition in hospital after he was shot in the head with an air gun.
Harry Studley’s condition emerged as a couple appeared at Bristol crown court charged with grievous bodily harm.
Jordan Walters, 24, has admitted unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Harry. His partner, Emma Jane Horseman, 23, has not entered a plea to a charge that she aided or abetted him to commit the offence.
The couple, of Hartcliffe, Bristol, appeared before judge Neil Ford QC, the recorder of Bristol, who pencilled in a trial date of 30 January for Horseman. The trial is expected to last three days.
Walters, who appeared by video link, will be sentenced following the trial.
The judge adjourned the case, telling the defendants: “Mr Walters, you will remain in custody. Miss Horseman your bail will be extended on existing conditions.”
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset police said Harry was in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital.
Emergency services were called to a Bristol flat, where the boy and his mother were visiting, at 4.10pm on 1 July. Horseman will next appear at Bristol crown court on 30 September.
