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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 last year. | |
| Lithuanian agency worker Aurimas Medvedevas, 23, initially denied murdering her, 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 at about 22:30 BST on 5 September last year. | |
| It was her first day back at work after maternity leave, Cambridgeshire Police said. | |
| Two bite marks | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| 'Car crash' injuries | |
| Bleeding on the brain and in her eyes indicated she had also been shaken. | Bleeding on the brain and in her eyes indicated she had also been shaken. |
| Supt Jon Hutchinson, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, described Aukse's injuries as "consistent with having been in a car crash or dropped from a one-storey building". | |
| "This was a shocking, brutal crime in which a baby girl who was only nine weeks old was murdered by a person who should have been looking after her," he said. | |
| "Medvedevas simply did not want to look after his daughter and ended up inflicting injuries to her that would prove fatal. | |
| "I hope today's conviction provides Aukse's mother with some small comfort." | |
| Judge Pontius told the Old Bailey jury that they had heard the defendant's "clear and voluntary confession of guilt". | |
| He told them: "This is a distressing case and a tragic one. You are relieved of the burden of listening to that evidence." | |
| Medvedevas is expected to be sentenced next week. | Medvedevas is expected to be sentenced next week. |