Kiernan Hughes-Mason left toddler with brain damage, court rules

Hughes-Mason was taking care of the lady who was two years previous on the time of the assault.

Within the days main as much as the incident, he despatched messages to buddies stating how indignant caring for the lady made him, saying “she’s really getting on my nerves”, and “I’m gonna hit her”.

He known as paramedics to the handle after claiming to have heard a loud bang from her bed room, Basildon Crown Court docket heard.

The defendant mentioned the lady had fallen on a doll’s home which left her unconscious.

The East of England Ambulance Service took her to Southend Normal Hospital, the place she was positioned in an induced coma as a result of her accidents had been so extreme, police mentioned.

Medical doctors recognized 17 totally different accidents on her legs, again, face and chest that would have occurred between October 2019 and the assault which came about in January 2020, the courtroom heard.

She remained in a coma for 2 weeks and suffered life-changing mind accidents which imply she now wants 24-hour care.

Consultants instructed the courtroom that the kid’s accidents had been in keeping with having been “vigorously shaken… along with her head possible being hit towards a tough floor”.