Nurse arrested after woman in vegetative state gives birth

DNA tests have identified Nathan Sutherland, 36, as father of newborn

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A nurse has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after a woman in a vegetative state gave birth at an Arizona care home.

Nathan Sutherland, 36, was taken into custody after a DNA test identified him as the father of the baby boy, who was born on 29 December at the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix.

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