Poppi Worthington: Toddler was sexually assaulted by father before sudden death, judge rules

A family court judge has found that 13-month-old Poppi Worthington was sexually assaulted by her father shortly before her sudden death.
Poppi Worthington was found with serious injuries at her home in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead in December 2012. Her father, Paul Worthington, 47, was arrested and questioned on suspicion of sexual assault, but never charged with any offence. He denies any wrongdoing. However, High Court family judge Mr Justice Peter Jackson, sitting at Liverpool Crown Court, ruled that - on the balance of probabilities - Mr Worthington "perpetrated a penetrative... assault on Poppi".

The death of the toddler had been shrouded in secrecy with a 2014 fact-finding civil court judgment being kept private so as not to prejudice any criminal proceedings, while an inquest controversially took only seven minutes to declare her death as "unexplained". Last month, three medical experts gave evidence in open court stating they disagreed with the findings of a Home Office pathologist who believed Poppi was the victim of "a penetrative sexual assault".The hearing took place after Mr Worthington appealed against the 2014 findings of High Court family judge Mr Justice Peter Jackson - based on the balance of probabilities - as part of care proceedings in relation to other children in the family.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/child-protection/12107318/Poppi-Worthington-Toddler-was-sexually-assaulted-by-father-before-sudden-death-judge-rules.html

How a judge can sit and listen to such horror??????? I ain't exactly queasy but this would upset me.

They can't even decide what actually killed the child.

Put him in a cell with Big Winston, he will feel the pain.

Put him in a cell with the child's family: he will really, feel some pain

eddie wrote:Put him in a cell with the child's family: he will really, feel some pain

He is the kid's family.

Put him into Holloway Prison with them fierce wenches, he would not dare to close his eyes..

To be fair, the so-called experts can't agree on whether that happened or not, and even if they could, there doesn't seem to be any evidence that the man did it.

From the article...


"...Last month, three medical experts gave evidence in open court stating they disagreed with the findings of a Home Office pathologist who believed Poppi was the victim of "a penetrative sexual assault"..."