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Originally Posted by Marsh.
Previous injuries.... after they'd adopted the girl?
Re-read my post.
The way he's treated this little girl might be the first incident of him ever doing something like this. Hence his partner maybe not suspecting him (although I always question cases like this where they live in the same house bringing a child up together but whatever) and also hence him passing all of the adoption procedures.
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Mr Lewis told the jury about a catalogue of injuries Elsie had suffered during her short life.
In November 2015, two months after she had been taken in by the couple, she had fractured her ankle while in the sole care of the defendant, who had given differing accounts of how she had suffered the injury.
A month later she sustained a bruise to her forehead which a health visitor advised needed treating. Matthew Scully-Hicks allegedly lied he had done so, the jury heard.
'Going through hell'
In January, Elsie suffered another bruise on her head and in March she was taken to hospital by ambulance after Matthew Scully-Hicks said she had fallen down the stairs.
She was discharged from hospital after four hours after her injuries were considered "consistent with a fall downstairs".
The jury were read a series of text messages the defendant allegedly sent to friends. One described the baby as a "psycho".
One read: "I'm going through hell with Elsie. Mealtimes and bedtimes are like my worst nightmare at the minute."
Another said: "She has just screamed non stop for 10 minutes. She had a full bottle and clean nappy. Literally not even half an hour and she is a psycho."
All that was before they had been allowed to officially adopt the child, yet they still passed...WTF