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| Mylee Billingham: Father 'dragged daughter before killing her' | Mylee Billingham: Father 'dragged daughter before killing her' |
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| An eight-year-old girl called for her mother and shouted "no daddy" as she was dragged into a house by her father who murdered her moments later, a court heard. | An eight-year-old girl called for her mother and shouted "no daddy" as she was dragged into a house by her father who murdered her moments later, a court heard. |
| Mylee Billingham suffered a fatal knife wound to her chest at her father's home near Walsall on 20 January. | Mylee Billingham suffered a fatal knife wound to her chest at her father's home near Walsall on 20 January. |
| William Billingham, 55, stabbed her as her mother dialled 999 from outside, Birmingham Crown Court heard. | |
| Mr Billingham, of Valley View, Brownhills, denies murder. | Mr Billingham, of Valley View, Brownhills, denies murder. |
| Outlining events after the stabbing, prosecutor Karim Khalil QC told the court the defendant, a father of six, spoke only about his own welfare as police tried to revive his daughter. | Outlining events after the stabbing, prosecutor Karim Khalil QC told the court the defendant, a father of six, spoke only about his own welfare as police tried to revive his daughter. |
| Mr Billingham also denies making a threat to kill Mylee's mother, and his ex-partner, Tracey Taundry who had earlier arrived at his home to collect her daughter. | Mr Billingham also denies making a threat to kill Mylee's mother, and his ex-partner, Tracey Taundry who had earlier arrived at his home to collect her daughter. |
| Giving evidence, Miss Taundry said she had gone to get Mylee, who felt unwell, from Mr Billingham who was "jittery in the mouth but normal". | |
| As she waited at the front door for her daughter to collect a bag, she spotted a knife in her ex-boyfriend's hand before he held it to her throat, she told the jury. | |
| "He said 'I'm going to kill you'. I started running backwards, away from the house... I slipped," she added. | |
| She then saw Mr Billingham take hold of Mylee by her coat hood and drag her towards the bungalow. | She then saw Mr Billingham take hold of Mylee by her coat hood and drag her towards the bungalow. |
| "All the time Mylee was shouting 'mummy, mummy' and 'please daddy, no daddy, stop it'," Mr Khalil said. | "All the time Mylee was shouting 'mummy, mummy' and 'please daddy, no daddy, stop it'," Mr Khalil said. |
| Miss Taundry tried to get back into the property but was unable to and, as she shouted to her daughter, she dialled 999. | |
| A transcript of the call was read out in court. | |
| "He's got my baby inside," Miss Taundry said to the call handler. "Please, he's making her scream. I can hear her. | |
| "He's off his head. I think he's had a drink... She wanted to come home. She was screaming 'please daddy don't, I want my mummy." | |
| Police were able to gain entry quickly, the trial was told, and were confronted with a "terrible" scene. | Police were able to gain entry quickly, the trial was told, and were confronted with a "terrible" scene. |
| The jury heard Mylee was stabbed with a 20cm kitchen knife and a pathologist believed severe force was used to inflict the wound, which "penetrated the entire depth of her chest from front to back". | The jury heard Mylee was stabbed with a 20cm kitchen knife and a pathologist believed severe force was used to inflict the wound, which "penetrated the entire depth of her chest from front to back". |
| The trial continues on Thursday. | The trial continues on Thursday. |