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| Teenager 'beat toddler to death' | |
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| A 15-year-old boy beat a toddler causing fatal injuries while babysitting, a court has been told. | A 15-year-old boy beat a toddler causing fatal injuries while babysitting, a court has been told. |
| Demi Mahon, two, was found with 69 injuries including a bite at a home in Liverpool Road, Eccles, Salford, last July. She died later at Hope Hospital. | |
| The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, denies murder on the grounds that he suffered an abnormality of mind which impaired his responsibility. | The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, denies murder on the grounds that he suffered an abnormality of mind which impaired his responsibility. |
| Manchester Crown Court heard that Demi was left with the boy for 90 minutes. | Manchester Crown Court heard that Demi was left with the boy for 90 minutes. |
| The toddler's mother, Ann Marie McDonald, told the jury she popped out to pick up her child benefit and buy a birthday card. | The toddler's mother, Ann Marie McDonald, told the jury she popped out to pick up her child benefit and buy a birthday card. |
| She said that when she returned the boy was standing outside the house with a man. | She said that when she returned the boy was standing outside the house with a man. |
| Her face was bruised - I tried to pick her up and her head flopped back, she couldn't breathe properly Ann Marie McDonald, mother of Demi Mahon | Her face was bruised - I tried to pick her up and her head flopped back, she couldn't breathe properly Ann Marie McDonald, mother of Demi Mahon |
| Ms McDonald said the defendant told her: "I picked her up - I might have hurt her - and she fell in the park." | Ms McDonald said the defendant told her: "I picked her up - I might have hurt her - and she fell in the park." |
| She said she rushed into the house and found her daughter in bed with the bedclothes partially covering her face. | She said she rushed into the house and found her daughter in bed with the bedclothes partially covering her face. |
| "Her face was bruised. I tried to pick her up and her head flopped back. She couldn't breathe properly," she said. | "Her face was bruised. I tried to pick her up and her head flopped back. She couldn't breathe properly," she said. |
| "I screamed, 'Why haven't you rung an ambulance?'. He said, 'I never done nothing, I've not done nothing'." | "I screamed, 'Why haven't you rung an ambulance?'. He said, 'I never done nothing, I've not done nothing'." |
| Ms McDonald, who is known as Sindy, pointed at the defendant and said: "He did that to my daughter." | Ms McDonald, who is known as Sindy, pointed at the defendant and said: "He did that to my daughter." |
| Prosecutor Howard Bentham QC said Demi's mother described her daughter's face as bruised and soggy. | Prosecutor Howard Bentham QC said Demi's mother described her daughter's face as bruised and soggy. |
| He said the defendant lied about what he had done and claimed Demi banged her head against a radiator and also against an ashtray. | He said the defendant lied about what he had done and claimed Demi banged her head against a radiator and also against an ashtray. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |