flap a doodle dandy
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It is really hard to tell the timeline as the court reporting seems to be erratic. It seems to skip over bits and then just report on random parts. either the court case is very disjointed or the reporting is.
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bigmac22
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BIB – Logan Mwangi’s mother was found guilty of murder under joint enterprise, despite the prosecution case being that the fatal assault was carried out by the stepfather and stepson. So I really hope so. I don’t want her to get away with anything
Cry me a river
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IMO it wasn’t just one of them doing it , 21 fractures don’t appear overnight .
Where was the natural father when all this was going on, did he not see her regular ?
Where was the natural father when all this was going on, did he not see her regular ?
What's your point
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Yeh it was Richard Wright, i have so much respect for him. He was the guy that put Libby Squire's murderer behind bars.
Cry me a river
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I had to stop reading a take a breather earlier when I read what that monster did to her , it doesn’t bear thinking about what that poor little baby went through .That poor little girl, I feel ill reading what happened to her. She must have been in agony from all the injuries these disgusting POS inflicted on her
Tanley
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This has been updated to confirm he was the girl’s father
He appeared at Guildford on Monday and has been remanded in custody until September. The poor child’s name and photograph haven’t been released yet.
OGJessicaFletcher
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Even the “summary” articles are behind a paywall, so there’s only a small audience of subscribers.
@50sGirl has suggested archiving, however I am unsure if this works for live updates.
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lovesthegossipmx
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so josh is implying simpsons dad killed himself,i think he had done time for drug offences
all the families sound awful tbh
all the families sound awful tbh
Miscanthus
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I think it was 2 weeks delay......Am I correct in thinking there was a delay of 5 or more days from the bairn having her leg broken to them seeking treatment? Then AW has kicked off in the hospital? Why was there not emergency intervention for a full child protection medical done? Anyone on here with any relevant knowledge who can explain why this might happen please? I’m sure if you took your dog to the vets in that state you would be reported at least
Glasgow Girl
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Obviously we don't have every piece of evidence here. BUT something just tells me more to this even the fact AW mum and stepfather state she was a good mum??? After hearing what they have heard? These 2 must have seen bruising on this wee girl they must have seen differences in her posture with broken bones especially her vertebrae she could not have been playing Typically makes me wonder was there a full history of abuse going on here? I mean a stranger would notice this never mind your grandparents WTF. Their is a picture on AW facebook cuddling issabelle that wee girls eyes alone tell me a story. Did no one give a Fuck or where they all in this together?
OGJessicaFletcher
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Prior to the new information being released about the arrest warrant for HS, it was reported in the Sun that Cleveland Police didn’t receive any reports from Josh despite him claiming he made several welfare reports.
However it’s clear JW & his family were completely unaware of the 18 month outstanding arrest warrant for HS before the news went public today.
Surprisingly North Tees Hospital declined to comment despite their failures to safeguard Isabelle!
OGJessicaFletcher
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Just a recap again today…
A mum and her boyfriend blame each other for sexually and physically abusing a toddler ‘murdered’ in her own home, a court had been told.
Alexandra Walker and Harrison Simpson were charged with murder and serious sexual offences after Isabelle Welsh endured weeks of alleged abuse.
The two-year-old suffered 21 fractured bones and about 100 bruises or cuts on her body before she suffered a catastrophic bleed on the brain.
Teesside Crown Court heard how the youngster suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of both defendants before he died in September last year.
The prosecution maintain that both were responsible for inflicting the multitude of injuries within weeks of them becoming a couple.
In his closing speech at Teesside Crown Court today (Wednesday, July 22), Nicholas Lumley KC, representing Simpson, said his client had no motive to hurt Isabelle or any history of violence.
He said that there is a ‘stark’ lack of evidence against his client in relation to the sexual assault charge.
“There is nothing at all to connect him to the sexual assaults,” he said.
Mr Lumley said Walker had more than enough opportunities to inflict the injuries on her daughter and had shown that she was "capable of violence" through her messages and calls.
"The contrast between Harrison Simpson and Alexandra Walker in terms of motive and capacity, never mind the opportunity, could not be greater," the barrister said.
Dealing with his client declining the chance to give evidence during his trial, the barrister said he did not want to "throw himself to the lions" and urged the jury to find him not guilty of all charges.
Mark McKone KC, representing Walker, told the jury that the 26-year-old "had never and would never" hurt her daughter.
He said she did not turn a blind eye to her daughter’s abuse but accepts that she could have acted differently on occasion in the weeks leading up to her death.
The court heard how medical experts said Isabelle suffered her fatal head injury and showed signs of significant sexual trauma on September 13.
“We submit, these events happened at the same time between 8am and 11am when Simpson was in sole charge of Isabelle,” he said.
“We submit that Simpson then put Isabelle’s fatally injured body back into her cot.”
The barrister added: “It would be very strange indeed if she looked after Isabelle well for over two years but then started regularly breaking Isabelle's bones or encouraging someone else to do that.”
Earlier, jurors had looked at computer-generated images cataloguing the bruising and scratching covering the toddler’s entire body.
Dr Sam Hoggard, a Home Office pathologist, said that the vast majority of the injuries would have been clearly visible to the naked eye during weeks of abuse.
Simpson, 22, of Greenham Close in Thorntree, Middlesbrough, and 26-year-old Walker, of Hartington Close in Thornaby, both deny murder.
The pair also deny four other charges involving Isabelle, including: causing or allowing the death of a child on September 14; two counts of assault by penetration between September 10 and September 14 last year; and cruelty to a person under 16.
The trial continues.
A mum and her boyfriend blame each other for sexually and physically abusing a toddler ‘murdered’ in her own home, a court had been told.
Alexandra Walker and Harrison Simpson were charged with murder and serious sexual offences after Isabelle Welsh endured weeks of alleged abuse.
The two-year-old suffered 21 fractured bones and about 100 bruises or cuts on her body before she suffered a catastrophic bleed on the brain.
Teesside Crown Court heard how the youngster suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of both defendants before he died in September last year.
The prosecution maintain that both were responsible for inflicting the multitude of injuries within weeks of them becoming a couple.
In his closing speech at Teesside Crown Court today (Wednesday, July 22), Nicholas Lumley KC, representing Simpson, said his client had no motive to hurt Isabelle or any history of violence.
He said that there is a ‘stark’ lack of evidence against his client in relation to the sexual assault charge.
“There is nothing at all to connect him to the sexual assaults,” he said.
Mr Lumley said Walker had more than enough opportunities to inflict the injuries on her daughter and had shown that she was "capable of violence" through her messages and calls.
"The contrast between Harrison Simpson and Alexandra Walker in terms of motive and capacity, never mind the opportunity, could not be greater," the barrister said.
Dealing with his client declining the chance to give evidence during his trial, the barrister said he did not want to "throw himself to the lions" and urged the jury to find him not guilty of all charges.
Mark McKone KC, representing Walker, told the jury that the 26-year-old "had never and would never" hurt her daughter.
He said she did not turn a blind eye to her daughter’s abuse but accepts that she could have acted differently on occasion in the weeks leading up to her death.
The court heard how medical experts said Isabelle suffered her fatal head injury and showed signs of significant sexual trauma on September 13.
“We submit, these events happened at the same time between 8am and 11am when Simpson was in sole charge of Isabelle,” he said.
“We submit that Simpson then put Isabelle’s fatally injured body back into her cot.”
The barrister added: “It would be very strange indeed if she looked after Isabelle well for over two years but then started regularly breaking Isabelle's bones or encouraging someone else to do that.”
Earlier, jurors had looked at computer-generated images cataloguing the bruising and scratching covering the toddler’s entire body.
Dr Sam Hoggard, a Home Office pathologist, said that the vast majority of the injuries would have been clearly visible to the naked eye during weeks of abuse.
Simpson, 22, of Greenham Close in Thorntree, Middlesbrough, and 26-year-old Walker, of Hartington Close in Thornaby, both deny murder.
The pair also deny four other charges involving Isabelle, including: causing or allowing the death of a child on September 14; two counts of assault by penetration between September 10 and September 14 last year; and cruelty to a person under 16.
The trial continues.
Ooof that’s two pretty heavy cases pretty much back to back that
So glad to see they were both found guilty
TheMiceInTheShed
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"Intimidating" people who query what has happened is a red flag all on its own, FFS!Even the “summary” articles are behind a paywall, so there’s only a small audience of subscribers.
@50sGirl has suggested archiving, however I am unsure if this works for live updates.
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GingerJones50
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I really don’t think so. I think the prosecution have done a very good job not just of demonstrating that there’s no way that she didn’t know Isabelle was being abused, but of showing there is good reason to think she was actively involved in abuse even when HS was not there, including the loud bang the neighbours heard which seemed to happen around the same time Isabelle’s final decline started.
She’s come across as so manipulative I actually feel like her googling HS as sex offender and playing up to her CCTV as worried Mum were done precisely because she knew Isabelle would die pretty soon and she was building her defence before Isabelle even died.
Ray_of_Sunshine
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She was punching kitchen cupboard doors in at 2-3am so I wonder if she’s the one who did it.I think by the sounds of it - Isabelle was killed/seriously hurt the night before (with the “loud thud” the neighbours heard). As the way it’s been reported - she wasn’t seen at all on CCTV at all the next day. Poor little thing had just been left all night and day
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Erling Haaland
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I find that hard to believe as it seems as if Walker wanted to drink/party etc with the new bf. So why wouldn’t she want the babies father to share custody?
Unless he's also an abuser? And that’s why she had the cctv in the first place?
Interested to hear these details as the trial progresses.
kabukigirl
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If it was solely the boyfriend (which I don’t believe) - no way can the “mother” claim she didn’t know anything about abuse if there were numerous fractures from 3 seperate occasions. Poor little girl was absolutely brutalised with fractures, from at least a month before her death - she must have been in agony 