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A dad on trial for the murder of his six-year-old daughter told police to *advertiser censored** off when they quizzed him over her death, a court heard.
Little Ellie Butler died in hospital on October 28 2013 after medics found her lying on her bedroom floor with "catastrophic injuries".
Her parents, Ben Butler and Jennie Gray, called 999 in a panic claiming she had fallen off a stool.
But when Butler, 36, was questioned by cops over her devastating head injuries, he became "hostile" and "aggressive", a court heard, claiming he had previously been a victim of a "miscarriage of justice".
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ben-butler-murder-trial-stay-7830946
A man accused of murdering his six-year-old daughter in a fit of rage has described freezing in shock the moment he found her collapsed on the floor of her bedroom, and expressed regret for not phoning an ambulance until some hours later.
I couldnt move, I couldnt breathe properly, Ben Butler told a jury at the Old Bailey. I didnt help the way I should have helped. I tried to help, I tried to shake her. She didnt wake, she didnt respond to what I did. I tried to breathe in her mouth, it didnt work. It just took the wind of my sails. I still dont know why I didnt do more.
Butler, 36, who denies killing his daughter Ellie, said he should have called an ambulance when he could not revive her, but he collapsed on the floor himself.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/17/muder-accused-ben-butler-shock-daughters-death-court
The prosecution claims Ellie died after suffering skull fractures from being thrown against a wall or hit with a heavy blunt weapon.
The court has heard he was previously convicted for shaking Ellie as a baby, although this was later quashed on appeal.
The couple then won a High Court judgement to have Ellie returned to their care in 2012.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36357835
https://twitter.com/CourtNewsUK
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Little Ellie Butler died in hospital on October 28 2013 after medics found her lying on her bedroom floor with "catastrophic injuries".
Her parents, Ben Butler and Jennie Gray, called 999 in a panic claiming she had fallen off a stool.
But when Butler, 36, was questioned by cops over her devastating head injuries, he became "hostile" and "aggressive", a court heard, claiming he had previously been a victim of a "miscarriage of justice".
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ben-butler-murder-trial-stay-7830946
A man accused of murdering his six-year-old daughter in a fit of rage has described freezing in shock the moment he found her collapsed on the floor of her bedroom, and expressed regret for not phoning an ambulance until some hours later.
I couldnt move, I couldnt breathe properly, Ben Butler told a jury at the Old Bailey. I didnt help the way I should have helped. I tried to help, I tried to shake her. She didnt wake, she didnt respond to what I did. I tried to breathe in her mouth, it didnt work. It just took the wind of my sails. I still dont know why I didnt do more.
Butler, 36, who denies killing his daughter Ellie, said he should have called an ambulance when he could not revive her, but he collapsed on the floor himself.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/17/muder-accused-ben-butler-shock-daughters-death-court
The prosecution claims Ellie died after suffering skull fractures from being thrown against a wall or hit with a heavy blunt weapon.
The court has heard he was previously convicted for shaking Ellie as a baby, although this was later quashed on appeal.
The couple then won a High Court judgement to have Ellie returned to their care in 2012.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36357835
https://twitter.com/CourtNewsUK
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