Mum of 'murdered' tot installed spy camera above cot due to 'concerns' about partner

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A mother installed a spy camera above her toddler's cot due to 'concerns' about her partner months before he allegedly inflicted a fatal head injury, a jury was told.

frPaula Roberts, 41, left her son Charlie, aged one year and 10 months, in the care of her partner Christopher Stockton, 38, at her Darlington home while she went for an eye test, Teesside Crown Court heard.Following a night of Xbox and TV, Stockton was sleep deprived.

Within minutes of Roberts' departure, just after 9am, he phoned 999 because the toddler, he said, had gone “floppy” for no good reason.

Stockton, who was not Charlie's father, is accused of inflicting a serious brain injury which could not be survived. Nicholas Lumley KC, prosecuting, said: “In a very short time, for that’s all it takes to lose one’s temper, he must have assaulted Charlie by shaking or throwing him with considerable force.”Stockton denies murder and a child neglect charge.