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| Aukse Medvedevaite murder: Peterborough man admits killing daughter | Aukse Medvedevaite murder: Peterborough man admits killing daughter |
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| A father has admitted murdering his two-month-old baby daughter by repeatedly striking, biting and violently shaking her. | A father has admitted murdering his two-month-old baby daughter by repeatedly striking, biting and violently shaking her. |
| Aukse Medvedevaite, who also had "signs of numerous other inflicted injuries", died in Peterborough in 2013. | Aukse Medvedevaite, who also had "signs of numerous other inflicted injuries", died in Peterborough in 2013. |
| Lithuanian agency worker Aurimas Medvedevas, 23, initially denied her murder, but changed his plea to guilty at the Old Bailey earlier. | |
| Judge Timothy Pontius described the case as "distressing and tragic". | Judge Timothy Pontius described the case as "distressing and tragic". |
| Aukse was found dead in her cot by her mother, 22-year-old Dzesika Urbikaite, when she returned home from work on 5 September last year. | |
| Two bite marks | |
| Medvedevas, of Clifton Avenue, Peterborough, told police he had been in sole care of the baby during that time, but denied hurting her. | |
| He later accepted he had caused the injuries to his daughter and on Friday admitted murdering Aukse. | |
| Medvedevas said he had shaken his baby and thrown her on the bed and from there she fell to the floor. | |
| A post-mortem examination revealed internal injuries included a deep cut to her liver and five rib fractures. | |
| There were bruises and abrasions on Aukse's body as well as two bite marks on her head. One bite mark matched the defendant's teeth imprint, the court heard. | |
| 'Clear confession' | |
| Bleeding on the brain and in her eyes indicated she had also been shaken. | |
| Judge Pontius told the jury that they had heard his "clear and voluntary confession of guilt". | |
| He told them: "This is a distressing case and a tragic one. Your are relieved of the burden of listening to that evidence." | |
| Medvedevas is expected to be sentenced next week. |