A woman killed her autistic three-year-old stepson after inflicting "unsurvivable" brain damage, a court heard.
On the afternoon of 7 August Harvey's father went to the cinema, leaving him home alone with his stepmother. Medical experts all agreed the injuries indicated Harvey had been "unlawfully killed", the court heard.Mr Hankin said the defendant told Mr Borrington and a neighbour she asked for help that Harvey had fallen and banged his head, but details she gave in accounts to police differed on where she was when he fell and if she saw him land.
Other "older" injuries were also found on Harvey's body, including bruises and a broken arm that Ms Borrington had mentioned to police.
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