It is alleged that Crowder, 26, of Wharmby Avenue, Mansfield, killed the toddler on March 6 this year, then waited before raising the alarm to ‘cover her tracks’.
She denies murder.
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Live coverage from Mansfield child murder trial: Thursday, December 3, 2020
Last updated: Thursday, 03 December, 2020, 16:15
- We are back at Nottingham Crown Court for the ongoing trial of Mansfield woman Katie Crowder, who is accused of murdering her daughter Gracie by scalding her to death
- It is alleged that Crowder, aged 26, of Wharmby Avenue, Mansfield, killed the toddler on March 6 this year. She denies murder
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Hello and welcome to today’s live blog. We’ll be bringing you live coverage of the murder trial from Nottingham Crown Court. The blog will be refreshed with updates as the proceedings continue.
10.46am: Sally Howes QC to Crowder - "You may have taken cocaine before you killed Gracie, or you may have taken it as you watched her die."
10.48am: Sally Howes QC to Crowder - "A major injury in a child covering a large part of the body would eventually lead to a condition known as burn shock and it's obvious, not just from the burns but from the way the child is, that the child is desperately burnt."
10.51am: Sally Howes QC to Crowder - "Decline is rapid and death follows quite quickly. My suggestion to you is that you held Gracie so she could not move and you poured scalding water over her. She could not move, she could not get away. Were you holding her by her hair at the back of her head?"
10.54am: Sally Howes QC to Crowder - "Then she started to decline. Due to the loss of fluid her body stopped working. Was that when you panicked? You knew Gracie was dead when you ran round to your parents. You watched her die."
11.24am: Evidence has been read from a member of the public who cannot be named for legal reasons defending Crowder and describing her as a good mother and detailing the close relationship between Crowder and Gracie. "Gracie was a beautiful baby," the witness said. A reporting restriction was put in place by the judge to protect the witness because of the attention the case has received on social media.