A cohabiting man and woman with three children, who took care of a baby girl under two years of age for his girlfriend, was suspected of being dissatisfied with the baby, crying, etc., repeatedly slapped and beat her with a cane. The cane was also used After being beaten to break, the baby girl was tied up with a dog chain and let her stay at home alone.
The baby girl was unwell at their home one day and died after being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. The post-mortem found that the baby girl had 70 old and new injuries on her body, especially multiple bruises on her scalp, weighing less than 8 kg.
During the police investigation, it was discovered that the communication records of the cohabiting man and woman mentioned: "Take X to Qupu Street" and "Hey, I'm going to kill him" and so on.
The two admitted to child abuse in the High Court today (15th), and the judge adjourned the case until next Tuesday (19th) for pleading.
The female defendant Ke Jingwen (36 years old) and the male defendant Xiao Guowei (33 years old) pleaded guilty to a crime of child abuse, alleging that they abused a person surnamed Ke at their residence in Hung Shuiqiao Xinsheng Village between January 2019 and June 20 of the same year. Baby girl Heiley.
The baby girl was about 22 months old when she died.
The birth mother once found bruises on the baby girl
The facts of the case indicated that the two defendants and three children lived in the unit involved, and the biological mother of the baby girl was a friend of the defendant.
Since April 2018, the birth mother has placed the baby girl and the baby girl’s elder brother in the care of the two defendants.
The biological mother will visit a pair of children every day at first, and then visits less and less.
The baby girl’s brother was handed over to a foster family under the arrangement of the Social Welfare Department for a long time, and the baby girl continued to be taken care of by the two defendants.
The birth mother once found bruises on the baby girl's body, and the defendant explained that the baby girl had done it herself.
Sent to hospital, said baby girl choked on throat after eating pig cartilage
In the early morning of June 20, 2019, the female defendant sent the baby girl to Tuen Mun Hospital and told her friends that she was baby girl or ate pig cartilage and choked her throat.
The baby girl's heart had stopped when she was sent to the emergency rash.
The doctor performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation for her, but the rescue failed and was pronounced dead.
The baby girl was 22 months old and weighed only 8 kg, which was severely underweight.
Believe that you have hit with a rattan until the rattan breaks
The two defendants were arrested on the same day. In the video interview, they admitted that they had slapped the baby girl repeatedly because of crying for no reason.
The female defendant also admitted that he had beaten the baby girl with his hand or a cane, and even tried to beat the cane to break; the male defendant pointed out that he had to work and did not have much time to take care of the baby girl.
He has seen the female defendant hit the baby girl, including slapped the baby girl 8 or 9 times.
Daughter witnessed abuse
The female defendant also stated that the baby girl had fallen down the day before she was sent to the hospital, but she was behaving normally afterwards.
At nearly 12 o'clock in the evening, she found that the baby girl was cold and pale, and she was admitted to the hospital immediately.
The 8-year-old eldest daughter of the female defendant claimed to have seen the two defendants hit the baby girl with their hands or with a cane, and witnessed the baby girl being left alone at home many times. .
The message once asked to kill it
During the police investigation, it was found that the female defendant once told the male defendant in a short message: "You don’t see it as a frivolous (like). Simply because you want to bury it with a punch.", " Hit X to Qupu Street."
The male defendant also said: "Hey, I want to kill him."
Multiple bruises on the scalp and swelling of the brain
The autopsy report revealed that the baby girl had a total of 70 injuries, including 34 recent injuries and 36 scars.
The baby girl also had multiple bruises on her scalp and developed cerebral edema in the subarachnoid space.
In addition, the baby girl’s immune organ thymus atrophy, weighing only 5 grams.
The report believes that the death of the baby girl was due to her head injury.
Case number: HCCC99/2021
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