Katie Crowder is accused of murder by exposing her daughter Gracie to hot water at home in Mansfield, which caused deep burns that covered 65% of the toddler’s body area.
Gracie Crowder was burned at home in Wharmby Avenue, Mansfield, a court heard
A woman scalded her 19-month-old daughter to death and left her to scream in pain while she “covered her tracks”, a court heard.
Gracie Crowder was pronounced dead shortly after her arrival at hospital on March 6 after suffering deep burns covering 65% of her body.
The prosecution alleges her mother, Katie Crowder, murdered the child by exposing her to hot water at her home in Wharmby Avenue, Mansfield.
She then spent some time “clearing up” before taking her to her parents’ house on the same street, the jury was told.
Nottingham Crown Court heard that on her arrival at Paul and Karen Crowder’s house, the defendant sounded “panicked” as she knocked on their door before telling her parents “she’s dead, she’s dead”.
Prosecutor Sally Howes QC said after Gracie suffered a cardiac arrest, Crowder’s mother asked the accused “what the hell have you done?” to which she responded “I don’t know, I found her like this.”
Jurors heard the 26-year-old defendant told police she had been “cleaning up a mess from the puppy” and found her daughter face down in the bathroom next to a mop bucket.
