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Kayden McGuinness: Accused tells jury ‘I didn’t kill or assault him’

October 11, 2019
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Kayden McGuinness died from blunt force trauma injuries to the head

A MAN accused of killing a three-year-old boy is to now face an amended charge of manslaughter.

Liam Whoriskey, 25, of Glenabbey Gardens in Derry, had been on trial accused of the murder of Kayden McGuinness in 2017.

The toddler was found dead in his Colmcille Court home on Sunday, September 17 around 10 am.

Today, Friday, October 11, the jury on the trial at Derry Crown Court were told the bill of indictment in the case has been amended from murder to manslaughter.

The BBC reports that The defendant, who denies the amended charge, told the court he “certainly didn’t kill Kayden McGuinness.”

Under questioning from a defence barrister, the accused agreed that he had been interviewed on numerous occasions following the child’s death.

Asked by Ciaran Mallon QC why he had given no comment answers to some of the police questions, he said it was because he had already answered similar ones.

The accused added: “I never assaulted Kayden McGuinness and I certainly didn’t kill Kayden McGuinness.”

Under cross-examination by a prosecution barrister, the defendant was asked if there were bruises on the child when he went to bed on the night of 16 September.

The accused answered no and said he did not know who caused the bruises.

The prosecution QC then asked: “Where in heaven’s name did these bruises come from?”

The defendant replied: “I can only account for what I did.”

When challenged to “give a logical explanation” for the bruises, the accused said: “I can only say that when he went to bed, there were no bruises.”

In reference to a witness who had testified as to the accused’s attitude towards the child in a shop earlier in the day, the prosecution counsel said the witness had said it was “vile and disgusting behaviour”.

The accused replied: “I fully disagree with that, I never spoke to a child in the way he described.”

Asked how he dealt with Kayden when he threw a tantrum, the defendant replied that he “spoke to him”.

He was further asked had he checked on the child after he had gone to bed.

The accused said he had been instructed by the child’s mother, Erin McLaughlin, that “once he was asleep, he was asleep, and I had no occasion to go into Kayden’s room”.

The defendant said when he went into the child’s room because he had not got up at the usual time, he did not notice any bruises until he was performing CPR.

At hearing.

Kayden McGuinness: Accused tells jury ‘I didn’t kill or assault him’ was last modified: October 14th, 2019 by John

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