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Elsie Scully-Hicks: Murder accused denied struggling to cope Elsie Scully-Hicks: Murder accused disputes medical reports
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A man accused of murdering his adopted 18-month-old daughter denied struggling to cope when questioned by police. A man accused of murdering his adopted 18-month-old daughter told police he could not accept medical reports which said she suffered a "shaking-type injury".
Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, of Delabole, Cornwall, denies murdering Elsie Scully-Hicks at their Cardiff home. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, of Delabole, Cornwall, denies inflicting catastrophic injuries on Elsie Scully-Hicks at their Cardiff home.
A transcript of his police interview on 23 June 2016 was read to Cardiff Crown Court on Monday. She died in hospital on 29 May 2016.
The jury has previously been told he sent texts to his husband saying he was "struggling to cope" and describing Elsie as "Satan in a babygro". Cardiff Crown Court heard when interviewed by police following his arrest he said he "wanted answers".
Elsie died of catastrophic injuries in the early hours of 29 May 2016 at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales, two weeks after being formally adopted by Mr Scully-Hicks and his husband, Craig. The trial previously heard four days before Elsie's death she was rushed to hospital in an unresponsive state after a 999 call was made by the defendant saying he had found her unresponsive on the living room floor.
Elsie's injuries were "very typical" of babies who have been shaken, the court has previously been told. A CT scan showed she had bleeding on the brain and post-mortem examinations revealed she had also suffered broken ribs, a fractured left femur and a fractured skull.
Four days earlier, she was rushed to hospital in an unresponsive state after after a 999 call was made by the defendant saying he had found her unresponsive on the living room floor.
A CT scan showed she had bleeding on the brain.
Post-mortem examinations revealed she had also suffered broken ribs, a fractured left femur and a fractured skull.
There was also haemorrhaging within both of Elsie's retinas - associated with inflicted trauma or injury.There was also haemorrhaging within both of Elsie's retinas - associated with inflicted trauma or injury.
When police asked Mr Scully-Hicks in June 2016 about Elsie's behaviour, he told officers she was vocal about the things she wanted and would "whinge" for them. Elsie's injuries were "very typical" of babies who have been shaken, the court has previously been told.
"She didn't tend to scream or anything like that, it was a whinge or a cry," he said. A transcript of Mr Scully-Hicks' police interview carried out on 21 December 2016 was read to the court on Monday.
When asked how he coped caring for Elsie, he said: "I never felt like it was consuming me where I thought I could not cope." In it he said: "I want answers as much as anybody but I cannot accept that the only answer people are giving me is that I have caused these injuries.
He added: "She was very happy ... overall she was a happy little girl." "I am not satisfied the medical reports explored everything, they explored one option."
The trial continues.The trial continues.