2 children allegedly doused in petrol by their father

Two children who were taken to hospital after their father
allegedly doused them in petrol and set their sister alight
in the Perth suburb of Doubleview have been discharged
from hospital.
A seven-year-old girl was burned when her younger sister
was allegedly lit on fire by 43-year-old Edward John
Herbert at a house in the early hours of Saturday morning.
It is alleged Herbert poured petrol on the three-year-old
girl while she was lying in her cot in the middle of the night.
An off-duty police officer who lives opposite the house
rushed to the scene and found the younger girl alight.
She remains in a critical but stable condition in Princess
Margaret Hospital (PMH) with burns to her face and upper
body.
The seven-year-old girl was discharged from PMH on
Sunday.
The third child, a six-year-old boy, was not burnt and has
also been discharged from hospital.
Police had earlier said he was being cared for by family.
Herbert made a brief appearance in Perth Magistrates
Court on Saturday in connection with the incident.
He did not plead to five charges, including one count of
aggravated grievous bodily harm and two counts of
attempted grievous bodily harm.
Herbert is also alleged to have been armed with a knife
during the incident.
He was shirtless, incoherent and humming to himself during
his court appearance, and was held up by two officers and
unable to respond to the charges due to his mental state.
ABC News