A MUM and her lover put a baby girl in a "choke slam" and branded her a "little c***" before her stomping her to death, a court heard today.

       Frankie Smith, 20, and Savannah Brockhill, 28, are accused of causing "catastrophic" injuries to 16-month-old Star Hobson then pinning her death on a toddler.

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       Frankie Smith, left, and Savannah Brockhill deny murder Credit: Facebook 6

       Star Hobson was stomped to death

       Smith's half-sister Alicia Szepler wept today as she told jurors how the couple "would do this thing with Star called the 'choke slam'."

       Bradford Crown Court was told Ms Szepler hadn't seen Smith and Brockhill do the action on the tot but she described it "like a wrestling move".

       She also told jurors how Smith "called Star names that shouldn't be said to a child" before her death on September 22 last year.

       Ms Szepler added: "Star would do a do a fake laugh and Smith would say, 'Shut up you little c*** laughing like that'."

       The court also heard evidence from Smith's mum Yvonne Spendley, who detailed a number of times where her granddaughter was made to face the wall if she apparently misbehaved.

       Speaking about one occasion in a Wetherspoons, the gran said she "felt sick" when Star was placed facing a wall by Brockhill when she refused to eat her food.

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       The court was told Ms Spendley was "horrified" and complained to Smith, who brought her daughter back to the table.

       She also claimed Brockhill had made the tot face the wall while in her cot when Star and Smith lived with her.

       Jurors have previously been shown harrowing footage recorded by the couple leading up to Star's death.

       This includes footage of Star looking badly bruised with a swollen cheek and marks to her forehead.

       The crying toddler can also be seen painfully climbing up a flight of stairs while suffering from a broken shin as both women force her to walk, jurors were told.

       The couple also made a number of Google searches in the days before Star's death, asking: "How long can your body last without sleep?"

       GOOGLE SEARCHES

       They also searched "how long can you sit in the cold?" and "what takes bruising and swelling down?"

       Jurors were told the couple tore the main vein carrying blood back to the heart from the legs and other organs had been torn.

       Star, who suffered major blood loss, also had a split to the liver, a tear to the bowel and bruising on her lungs and pancreas, it is said.

       The court heard how the injuries were caused by a severe and forceful blow or blows, “either in the form of punching, stamping or kicking to the abdomen”.

       After allegedly stamping on baby Star, Smith and Brockhill then waited 15 minutes before calling for help.

       The couple also searched online for "shock in babies" and "how to bring a baby out of shock", jurors heard.

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       'CATASTROPHIC INJURIES'

       Paramedics arrived at the home in Keighley, West Yorks, on September 22 last year to find Star lifeless, pale and wearing only a disposable nappy.

       The court was told she was in cardiac arrest and as they attempted CPR, Star vomited "large amounts" of brown material.

       She was airlifted to hospital but sadly couldn't be saved and was declared dead shortly after.

       Prosecutor Alistair MacDonald QC said: "The reality is that the injuries suffered by Star were so catastrophic that there never was any real chance of saving her life."

       When quizzed by police, they suggested the injuries were caused by a two-year-old child, which the prosecution branded "absurd".

       Medics instead said the "degree of force" inflicted on Star was "so great" it was "quite impossible for the doctors to envisage it could have been inflicted by a child".

       Mr MacDonald said: "The effect of such injuries was immediate and heavy bleeding into the abdominal cavity, which caused a catastrophic drop in blood pressure and unconsciousness and death within seconds to minutes.

       “The assault or assaults that killed Star clearly involved the use of severe force and were obviously intentional. This little girl suffered no accidental death.

       “It is the prosecution case that she was killed by the intentional infliction of injury and that the person or persons who inflicted these injuries intended, at the very least, to cause really serious harm to a helpless young child and that, in those circumstances, they are guilty of murder."

       BABY 'MURDER'

       Doctors also discovered a number of "significant injuries" the baby had suffered "at different times during her short life", it was said.

       This included two fractures to the right shin bone "caused by forceful twisting", a fractured skull and an old brain injury.

       Star had lived with Smith’s grandmother and her partner from February 2020 until late April and was said to be a happy baby.

       But the prosecutor said that changed when she returned to live with her mum.

       Mr MacDonald added: “Throughout the period when these injuries were caused, Star was supposedly in the care of these two defendants who were partners.

       “Despite the catalogue of injuries of which we have spoken, at no time was Star taken for medical help other, of course, than that 999 call made in the last hour and 15 minutes of Star’s life.

       “It is also the case that Social Services, who were aware of Star’s case, were kept away from Star.”

       Smith and Brockhill deny charges of murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.

       The trial continues.

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       Star suffered multiple injuries including a tear to her liver 6

       Jurors heard how her mum Frankie Smith branded her a 'little c***' Credit: Facebook 6

       The court was also told Brockill made her stand against a wall for punishment Credit: Facebook 6

       The couple are on trial and deny charges of murder Credit: Facebook