A baby was repeatedly taken to hospital with unexplained bruises and vomiting problems in the months before she was murdered, an inquest has heard.
Physical abuse was the 'only realistic' explanation for wounds suffered by Ella-Rose Close, a pathologist explained. The 22-month-old girl was subjected to a fatal attack by Michael Wild - who is serving a life sentence for her murder. READ MORE: Man forced to 'walk home in the rain' after being caught driving his mum's van uninsured He was the boyfriend of Ella-Rose’s godmother Sharlene Hughes, who had been left to care for the child but instead left her with Wild.
Hughes was convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child; and two charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice,
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