A 15-year-old boy beat a toddler to death, a court in Manchester has been told. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murdering two-year-old Demi Mahon on July 17 last year. The child's mother, Ann Marie McDonald, sobbed as she gave evidence before jurors at Manchester Crown Court. Ms McDonald told the jury of six men and six women that she left her daughter with the defendant at a house in Eccles, Salford, for around 90 minutes while she popped out to pick up her child benefit and buy a birthday card. She said that when she returned he was standing outside the house with a man. Ms McDonald claimed the defendant then said to her: "I picked her up - I might have hurt her - and she fell in the park."She said she rushed into the house and found her daughter in bed with the bedclothes partially covering her face.Ms McDonald said: "Her face was bruised. I tried to pick her up and her head flopped back. She couldn't breathe properly. "I screamed 'Why haven't you rung an ambulance?' He said 'I never done nothing, I've not done nothing'." More follows...
I can't fathom what possess the woman to even leave her baby with a fifteen year old. I don't even trust my 16 year old to watch his five year old sister for two minutes. I seriously can't understand the rationale of someone who just wants to 'pop' out for a few minutes, as if the word pop then becomes a euphemism that somehow excuses neglect. The fifteen year old needs to see a psychiatrist, and still be charge with homicide; he was obviously more concerned about allaying blame than the child's welfare. Too, the unidentified man with the boy (when the mother returned); who was he and why was he there, and what did he know? A sad state of affairs.
That is extremely fucked up. Who was that man??!?! What the hell caused the teen to hurt a little toddler like that?!!? This is sick.
liberal society, no discipline, maybe humans are naturally bad rather than naturally good with some being able to restrain it more than others.
Ouch You should never leave your child with a person who is still a kid themselves, such a sad world we live in
there have been times when ive watched over my bro and sister when i was younger, i didnt kill them, now its accepted that a child can not be left with a teenager because he/she may abuse or kill whoever is put under their care...
