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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A man accused of severely beating his girlfriend's two-year-old son in March will go to trial.
Yesterday, a judge ordered 28-year-old Michael Barber to stand trial.
He's charged with five counts of second-degree felony child abuse. Barber is accused of allegedly beating Dominick Adams, who suffered some brain damage.
Police say Barber called 9-11 in March and said the toddler slipped in the bathtub while he was baby-sitting the boy and his four-year-old sister.
However, doctors said the injuries to the toddler were NOT consistent with falling in the bathtub.
Barber is scheduled to appear back in court on June 6th.
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