"When doctors pulled back the drapes to review the injuries of a four-year-old boy who it is alleged was killed by his stepmother, "the whole theatre gasped", the Central Criminal Court heard today."
"Dr Stephen O'Riordan, a consultant paediatrician, said the child had significant bruises "from head to toe" which were consistent with physical abuse or non-accidental injuries."
Doctors pulled back drapes to review the injuries of a four-year-old boy alleged to have been killed by his stepmother, prompting gasps in the operating theatre. Consultant paediatrician Dr Stephen O'Riordan reported that the child had significant bruising distributed from head to toe. The pattern and extent of the bruising were described as consistent with physical abuse or non-accidental injury. Medical testimony presented these observations in court as part of the case against the alleged perpetrator. The bruising indicated widespread trauma rather than isolated accidental harm, supporting concerns of severe and repeated physical abuse.
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