Girl, 2, ‘suffered 101 injuries in “frenzied” attack by stepdad who filmed “disturbing” clip of tot as she lay dying’
A TODDLER suffered 101 injuries likened to a high speed car crash after she was fatally attacked at home by her stepdad, a court heard.
Jurors were told there was not one part of two-year-old Lola James' body that was not bruised.
The girl tragically died four days after she was allegedly attacked at home in Pembrokeshire, Wales, by Kyle Bevan, 31.
The stepdad failed to call an ambulance immediately and instead recorded a "disturbing" 22 second film of stricken Lola as he attempted to prop her up, it was said.
Bevan claims the family dog pushed Lola down the stairs while mum Sinead James, 30, says she was asleep at the time, jurors heard.
But Swansea Crown Court was told the toddler suffered a sickening list of 101 "severe and extensive" injuries that "cannot be explained by a fall down the stairs".
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Paediatrician Dr Deborah Stalker said: "Physical abuse is the most likely cause.
"A stair fall does not explain the catastrophic and extensive injuries to the head with bleeding to both eyes."
Jurors were told Lola's brain injuries were most likely caused by shaking, with the tot also suffering "gripping" injuries to her neck.
There was bruising to her ears, which is rarely the result of an accident, with injuries to her head probably caused by "abusive head trauma", the medic said.
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The also heard Lola had injuries to her back and legs that looked like they could have been caused by "three or four blows with a weapon".
Dr Stalker said: "An extensive subdural haemorrhage is usually the result of a high velocity road traffic collision where a child is thrown from the collision, or a fall from a great height, such as a fall from a balcony or bedroom window of more than 10 feet.
"The very severe and extensive injuries on Lola are not explained by a fall down domestic stairs.
"The most likely cause, in my opinion, is non-accidental injury, purposefully-inflicted injury, or physical abuse – the three terms are synonymous."
Bevan is accused of launching into a "frenzied and extremely violent attack" in July 2020 at the family home.
Mum James told police she was asleep when Lola was injured and claimed to have no reason to think Bevan would harm her, it was said.
She denies causing or allowing the death of a child, while Bevan denies murder.
The trial continues.
The full list of horrific injuries shown to jurors
1) Brown / pink circular bruise which is pale in the centre on the right side of Lola’s forehead
2) Two small puncture wounds within the aforementioned bruise
3) Numerous petechial haemorrhages - pinpoint bruising - around the bruise
4) 5.5cm circular bruise on left side of forehead
5) An of indistinct bruising below bruise (4)
6) Large blue bruise on centre of forehead
7) Three puncture wounds with fresh blood within large central bruise on forehead
8) 2cmx2cm dark bruise near right eyebrow
9) Area of bruising on right side of scalp
10) Petechial haemorrhages upper part of neck and back of skull
11 to 13) Swelling and bruising around right eye
14) Petechial haemorrhages around the eyes
15) Two small cuts near right eye
16 to 18) Swelling and bruising around right eye including dark brown bruising reaching down to the nose
19) Both lips very swollen
20) Bruising along top of the left cheek bone
21) 1cm blue bruise in centre of left cheek with indistinct margins
22) Petechial haemorrhages on left cheek and temple
23) Dark blue / black bruise from left eye to bridge of nose
24) Dark red / purple bruising on left jawline
25) Scratches on right cheek and evidence of petechial haemorrhages across chin
26) Numerousscratches on front of neck
27) Scratches on either side of neck in vertical direction
28) Two distinct areas of bruising on right side of neck
29) Bruising to right ear, including inside the ear
30) Bruising to left ear, including in the ear
31) Blood in the ear canal
32) Bruising to every aspect of left ear
33) Abrasion possible from hospital strapping
34) Extensive bruising behind left ear
35) Swelling behind left ear
36) Area of bruising to right shoulder with an appearance of a "cluster"
37) Cluster of petechial haemorrhages in front of injury 36
38) Clusters of bruises on left shoulder from neck to the top of the left arm
39) Brown circular bruise on front of left shoulder
40) Cluster of bruises on deltoid of left arm
41) Background bruises on shoulder which were too numerous and ill-defined to count with any accuracy
42) Three abrasions on right side of back, two of which were 8cm in length
43) Area of abrasion between lines of abrasions mentioned in 42
44) 3cm abrasion above area mentioned in 43
45) 6cm abrasion or scratch on left side of back associated with cluster of dark brown bruises
46) Two further abrasions extending from abrasion 45 to shoulder blade
47) Multiple bruises and abrasions across the back extending from shoulder to the upper lower-back area
48) Two yellow / brown circular business on upper part of lower back
49) Two circular green / red bruises above the lumbar area
50) Large area of bruising, petechial haemorrhages and abrasions across whole of left side of back which were too numerous to count individually
51) Numerous bruises on right side of back extending to right shoulder
52) Extensive bruising to lower back above the cleft between the buttocks
53) Area of bruising above 52
54) Area of green / brown bruising above left buttock
55) Brown bruise on left buttock
56) Indistinct area of yellow bruising and abrasions in middle of lower back
57) Extensive area of bruising on right thigh stretching towards the groin
58) Clusters of bruising in a linear shape 57
59) Small feint abrasions associated with above
60) Distinct green / brown bruise on outside of right upper thigh
61) Second linear cluster of brown / pink bruises on right thigh
62) Numerous green, black and yellow bruises below 61
63) Brown linear bruise on boney part of pelvis
64) Six distinct brown / pink bruises on back and side of right thigh
65) Two smaller bruises in same area
66) Cluster of bruises and scratches on right buttock
67) Circular bruises on back of right thigh
68) Brown / pink bruise on right knee cap
69) Two linear bruises under right knee
70) Three large bruises on front of right shin
71) Paler indistinct bruise on inside of right calf
72) Indistinct area of bruising of upper left thigh
73) Bruise below area mentioned in 72
74) Multiple small bruises on inside of left thigh around knee
75) Brown / pink bruise above left knee
76) Dark brown bruise in middle of kneecap
77) Below 77 a cluster of four bruises
78) Series of bruises along middle of lower leg
79) Two brown / pink bruises below left kneecap
80) Area of blue / back bruising below 79
81) Dark linear bruise below 80
82) Bruise below 81 on shin
83) Area of red / pink bruising on lower leg with indistinct edges
84) Circular bruise on lower left shin which was dark purple / black in colour
85) Outside of left upper leg, large area of green bruising
86) Blue / green bruising on back of upper left thigh
87) Line of bruising above the left buttock
88) Abrasion on top of left foot
89) Area of redness on back of right foot
90) Brown bruise on right ankle
91) 1cm on upper right chest above nipple
92) Petechial bruising on right upper chest
93) Petechial bruising on front of right upper arm
94) Black circular on front of right upper arm
95) 1.5cm bruise on the front of the right forearm
96) Two small scabbed areas on right palm next to base of thumb
97 Blue / brown bruising over the right shoulder which the court hears the doctor could not examine in detail due to way Lola was lying
98) Two bruises on back of right upper arm on right side arm
99) 1cm brown circular bruise on left upper arm, and 2cm circular bruise in left elbow crease
100) 5cm bruise on back of left forearm
101) A cluster of five bruises on between wrist and elbow on left forearm
