Damning text messages of how Michael Daymond and Dana Carr covered up the abuse and downplayed the suspicions of family members were read to the jury.
EmmanuelsBlog earlier reported how a muscular brute shook his girlfriend’s baby to death.
Maya Chappell, two, suffered frequent assaults at the hands of her mother’s new boyfriend Michael Daymond, 27, leaving bruises all over her body until the day he shook her to death while in a bad mood over losing his benefits.
The vulnerable youngster should never have been left in his sole care, but Maya’s mother Dana Carr, 24, was so ‘infatuated’ with Daymond she ignored warnings about the abuse he was cruelly inflicting and even covered it up to protect him.
Three days after Carr and Daymond moved in together she reassured Maya’s father James Chappell – who made a Sarah’s Law application to police to find out if Daymond had a criminal history of child abuse – that they had split up.
How she covered up the abuse
She messaged him, lying: ‘He isn’t here James, nor do I plan on having him anywhere near me or Maya.’
Mr Chappell and other family members became concerned about bruises on the youngster’s body and texted Carr about them.
Her stepfather had texted her to say: ‘She has got bruises all over her.’
A few days later she messaged him, trying to blame the child for hurting herself. She commented: ‘I don’t know what to do she’s marking herself ridic to the point everyone is gonna think it’s me.’
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The same day Daymond messaged Carr: ‘This be the last time am watcing her tho no way anyone blaming me.’
Adding: ‘Sorry but I’m not having anybody accuse me or you.’
Less than two weeks before Maya’s death Carr messaged Daymond’s mother ‘the full thing with Maya has him stressed I just dunno what to do.’
