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| Dead baby girl 'had been bitten' | Dead baby girl 'had been bitten' |
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| A seven-week-old baby who died in hospital after being found lifeless at her home had been bitten in the face by an adult, a jury has heard. | A seven-week-old baby who died in hospital after being found lifeless at her home had been bitten in the face by an adult, a jury has heard. |
| Olusola Akinrele, 33, and Kelly Inman, 21, both of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, deny murdering their daughter Leeya Akinrele, Cambridge Crown Court heard. | Olusola Akinrele, 33, and Kelly Inman, 21, both of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, deny murdering their daughter Leeya Akinrele, Cambridge Crown Court heard. |
| Leeya had been "repeatedly and seriously assaulted", the court heard. | Leeya had been "repeatedly and seriously assaulted", the court heard. |
| She died when a life support machine was turned off on 30 December 2006 - 12 days after she was taken to hospital. | She died when a life support machine was turned off on 30 December 2006 - 12 days after she was taken to hospital. |
| Mr Akinrele also denies causing or allowing the death of a child. | Mr Akinrele also denies causing or allowing the death of a child. |
| Apparently lifeless | Apparently lifeless |
| Ms Inman denies causing her daughter's death but admits allowing her daughter's death. | Ms Inman denies causing her daughter's death but admits allowing her daughter's death. |
| Yvonne Coen QC, prosecuting, said paramedics arrived at Leeya's home on 18 December 2006 after Ms Inman dialled 999. | Yvonne Coen QC, prosecuting, said paramedics arrived at Leeya's home on 18 December 2006 after Ms Inman dialled 999. |
| Leeya was apparently lifeless on the floor of the sitting room, jurors were told. | Leeya was apparently lifeless on the floor of the sitting room, jurors were told. |
| She was initially taken to Peterborough District Hospital, then transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. | She was initially taken to Peterborough District Hospital, then transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. |
| Miss Coen said doctors noticed "strange smelling infected sores" on Leeya's nose and fingers, and x-rays revealed that she had a fractured skull, a fractured thigh bone, fractured ribs, fractured fingers and smaller fractures on her legs and arm. | Miss Coen said doctors noticed "strange smelling infected sores" on Leeya's nose and fingers, and x-rays revealed that she had a fractured skull, a fractured thigh bone, fractured ribs, fractured fingers and smaller fractures on her legs and arm. |
| Brain damage | |
| Miss Coen said the little girl had suffered "catastrophic brain damage" and was allowed to die after doctors decided that she had no prospects of recovering. | Miss Coen said the little girl had suffered "catastrophic brain damage" and was allowed to die after doctors decided that she had no prospects of recovering. |
| Jurors believed that the damage to Leeya's head had been caused shortly before Inman made the 999 call. | Jurors believed that the damage to Leeya's head had been caused shortly before Inman made the 999 call. |
| Specialists concluded that the sores on the little girl's face and fingers had formed after she was bitten by an adult in the days before she was found at her home. | Specialists concluded that the sores on the little girl's face and fingers had formed after she was bitten by an adult in the days before she was found at her home. |
| Miss Coen said tests had been carried out to try to match the teeth of Akinrele and Inman to the bite marks but experts could not be sure who had bitten the baby. | Miss Coen said tests had been carried out to try to match the teeth of Akinrele and Inman to the bite marks but experts could not be sure who had bitten the baby. |
| She said fractures to Leeya's fingers were also caused when the baby was bitten. | She said fractures to Leeya's fingers were also caused when the baby was bitten. |
| Miss Coen said the injuries were not accidental or caused by rough handling and were not consistent with a "single episode of violence." | Miss Coen said the injuries were not accidental or caused by rough handling and were not consistent with a "single episode of violence." |
| The hearing adjourned for the day and continues on Wednesday. | The hearing adjourned for the day and continues on Wednesday. |