Matthew Scully-Hicks had gripped Elsie around the ribcage and shaken her, and may have banged her head against a hard surface. The judge said Elsie’s fatal injuries were inflicted between mealtime and bedtime – a period when the infant was known to cry. “In deliberately inflicting serious injuries upon your 18-month-old adoptive daughter, you abused the trust which had been placed in you as Elsie’s adoptive father. “Your actions in killing Elsie have devastated three families – the birth family of Elsie, the family you had sought to build with Craig Scully-Hicks and your own birth family. The injuries suffered by Elsie before the murder included bruises to her forehead and a broken leg.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 14:25 UTC