A MAN dragged his four-year-old stepdaughter down steps and left her badly bruised, a court heard. The 22-year-old lost his temper with the child and assaulted her, a jury was told. The girl was later recorded on a mobile phone saying he had dragged her down steps, Plymouth Crown Court heard. But the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claims the girl was injured when she fell down a bank during a walk in the woods. The man is on trial after denying child cruelty between December 19 and...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 3 hours ago.
A MAN dragged his four-year-old stepdaughter down steps and left her badly bruised, a court heard. The 22-year-old lost his temper with the child and assaulted her, a jury was told. The girl was later recorded on a mobile phone saying he had dragged her down steps, Plymouth Crown Court heard. But the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claims the girl was injured when she fell down a bank during a walk in the woods. The man is on trial after denying child cruelty between December 19 and...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 3 hours ago.