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A KILLER put his tiny girl through months of hell before finally breaking her back in two, a court heard yesterday.
Father James Howson snapped daughter Amy’s spine over his knee or the back of a chair, it was claimed.
The 16-month-old died hours later. A post mortem found more than 40 injuries — some dating back at least eight weeks — including seven other fractures.
Amy's mother Tina Hunt, who admits allowing a child's death, smiled as she arrived at court.
Howson, 25, had allegedly previously broken her leg and arm by TWISTING them — yet no medical help was ever sought. And when the neglected tot died she weighed the same as she did ten months earlier.
Prosecutor Gary Burrell QC said Howson “snapped her back in two at waist level, as though he held her over his knee or thigh or possibly a chair or sofa back with her back downwards”.
He went on: “He then used extreme force on her body so as to hyperextend the back and cause a complete break at the level of the first lumbar vertebra.”
Amy had also suffered a wound to her forehead and had bleeding to the brain.
She had previously suffered three fractures to her left leg, two to her right arm, one to her left arm and a broken rib plus bruising and abrasions to her chest, legs, head and back.
Mr Burrell said: “She would have been unable to move without severe discomfort. There was evidence of deprivation of food and water.”
Amy was found dead at home in Doncaster, South Yorks, on December 23 but Leeds Crown Court heard the attack may have taken place the previous night.
Amy was born in August 2006 but was last seen by health workers in March 2007. They said her parents missed appointments and there was no answer at their house.
The jury was told that Howson had been looking after Amy because her mum Tina Hunt, 26, was expecting their second child and suffering morning sickness.
When arrested, Howson claimed the family’s Staffordshire bull terrier may have caused some of the injuries, and that Amy had fallen out of bed the night before she died. Howson denies murder and cruelty.
Hunt admits allowing a child’s death and cruelty by not seeking medical attention. She will be sentenced at the end of the trial, which continues.
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theres people out there who cant have kids themselves and badly want them then you get some sich bastard like this who can have them and is a monster towards them
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