The 22-month-old boy was murdered by his parents by punching
and beating him with such fierceness that the kid’s small intestine
split in two, a court heard.
The little toddler, Levi Blu Cassin, hurt ‘catastrophic’ inner damages similar to someone who had been hit by a car or fallen over a three-storey building.
The child died after being discovered by paramedics at his mum’s address in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.
The mother of the boy Danielle Cassin, 27, and the father Mark Piper, 31, are on trial at Birmingham Crown Court accused with murder and child cruelty.
The court heard the mother called the ambulance after her son stopped breathing at around 4.30am on the morning of his death.
Paramedics found Levi lying on the floor between the crib and his mother’s bed.
Timothy Raggatt QC, the prosecutor, said the boy’s eyes were open but his lips had turned blue and he had no pulse.
According to the post-mortem check Levi died from ‘major internal injuries’ – with his small intestine split in two – as a result of ‘significant’ blows to the body.
The prosecutor told the court the infant could have been stamped in an upright position several times.
But he said the more likely scenario was that Levi was lying on the floor and had been punched on either once or repeatedly.
Raggatt said the only two people who could have imposed the fatal injuries were the boy’s parents.
But the child’s parents have kept mum on why they did it, or who among them killed their son which is making the case difficult.
The little toddler, Levi Blu Cassin, hurt ‘catastrophic’ inner damages similar to someone who had been hit by a car or fallen over a three-storey building.
The child died after being discovered by paramedics at his mum’s address in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.
The mother of the boy Danielle Cassin, 27, and the father Mark Piper, 31, are on trial at Birmingham Crown Court accused with murder and child cruelty.
The court heard the mother called the ambulance after her son stopped breathing at around 4.30am on the morning of his death.
Paramedics found Levi lying on the floor between the crib and his mother’s bed.
Timothy Raggatt QC, the prosecutor, said the boy’s eyes were open but his lips had turned blue and he had no pulse.
Danielle Cassin 27 pictured with her son Levi
The child was hurried to a hospital on blue lights but was announced dead after an hour the paramedics got the call.According to the post-mortem check Levi died from ‘major internal injuries’ – with his small intestine split in two – as a result of ‘significant’ blows to the body.
The prosecutor told the court the infant could have been stamped in an upright position several times.
But he said the more likely scenario was that Levi was lying on the floor and had been punched on either once or repeatedly.
Raggatt said the only two people who could have imposed the fatal injuries were the boy’s parents.
But the child’s parents have kept mum on why they did it, or who among them killed their son which is making the case difficult.
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