GUILTY UK - Hollie Ashurst, 14 months, murdered, Wigan, 3 Jan 2019 *father arrested*

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

11.10am

Ashurst was asked about what he told medics had happened to Hollie. He said he told them about the fall on the two steps as that was why he was rushing her to hospital. He said they were asking for small conversations.

He said if he wasn't having a panic attack, he wouldn't have dropped Hollie on the stairs.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - jury sent out to consider verdict

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

11.15am

At Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Ashurst said he was in a waiting room for four hours with no updates. There was no opportunity to communicate with staff. He didn't think the other falls had caused what was wrong with Hollie.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - jury sent out to consider verdict

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

11.15am Ashurst's uncle

Mr Justice Dove is now going through the evidence given by Ashurst's uncle Christopher Lynch. He said Ashurst loved Hollie and it "shone out". He saw them regularly.

He said he gave money to Ashurst whenever he needed it and paid the rental for his car.

He last saw Hollie on February 28, when he drove past Ashurst carrying her up his mother's drive.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - jury sent out to consider verdict

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

11.15am Ashurst's friend

Christopher Wolf said he saw Hollie every week and Ashurst was a doting father and good friend.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - jury sent out to consider verdict

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

11.20am Instructions for jury

Mr Justice Dove has finished summing up. He has told the jury that they must appoint a spokesman and that he can only accept unanimous verdicts.

The jury is now being sent out to consider their verdicts on the charges of murder and manslaughter.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - jury sent out to consider verdict

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

12.55pm Judge and jury return

Everyone has been called back to the courtroom. Ashurst is back in the dock. He's no longer wearing a tie and has a black jacket on over his shirt.

There is no verdict yet. The jury has a question. They want to ask about the word "intention". Mr Justice Dove says it's an ordinary English word used in everyday life.

The jury is now sent out to continue deliberating.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - jury sent out to consider verdict

 

[chimpface]

What do we think then?

I'm half an half.

 

[chimpface]

Thanks for the updates BTW HayLouise.

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

2.30pm Jury returns

Everyone has been asked to return to the court. The legal teams are here, Hollie's mum Leanne and her family are in the public gallery and Mr Justice Dove has arrived. Daniel Ashurst is in the dock with two officers. The jury is being brought in.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - Dad found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

Ashurst is on his feet. The foreman of the jury is asked to stand. He confirms they have reached a verdict.

Ashurst is found NOT GUILTY of murder.

He is found GUILTY of manslaughter.

There is silence in the court as the verdicts are given.

The judge will not be sentencing Ashurst today. The jury is now allowed to leave.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - Dad found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

2.35pm Judge goes out

Mr Justice Dove has retired so a date can be set for Ashurst to be sentenced.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - Dad found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter

 

[HayLouise]

Day 11:

2.45pm Mr Justice Dove returns

Ashurst will be sentenced on Wednesday. The judge wants submissions from the prosecution and defence ahead of sentencing.

The case has finished for today.

Baby Hollie Ashurst murder trial: LIVE updates - Dad found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter

 

[HayLouise]

What do we think then?

I'm half an half.

I honestly thought he would have been found guilty of Murder

 

[Kasmeer]

Didn't see the manslaughter coming; I expected murder, or for it to have taken a lot longer to get a verdict, not a very quick manslaughter. Perhaps it was the reporting but I didn't notice the jury being told that murder doesn't have to be intent to kill, just intent to harm resulting in death... it was the second definition which I expected to apply in this case. At least he didn't get away with it entirely, I guess, but that's going to be a way shorter sentence than he deserves.

Have to say I could relate to a lot of what he said about anxiety and getting in a muddle; if I ever found myself a witness/suspect in a case I'd get ripped to sheds on here as I sure can't keep a story straight (even a true one!) when stressed out... but none of that explains those injuries. Especially how there were multiple, some older than the day of her death. That really told the story IMO.

 

[Vevvie]

Such a shame for Hollie. May she rest in peace. Her final day must have been agonising for her. It was her broken ankle injury that upset me the most. How could someone do that to a baby, EXCLUSIVE: "I hate him, I absolutely hate him' - Hollie Ashurst's mum on ex-partner, killer Daniel Ashurst

 

[HayLouise]

'I will never, ever forgive him ' - Wigan tot Hollie Ashurst's mum on ex-partner, killer Daniel Ashurst

 

[JerseyGirl]

Ashurst must serve half of the 12-year sentence in prison, which includes the 358 days he has already spent on remand.

Dad who killed 14-month-old daughter after leaving her with 'catalogue of injuries' jailed

 

[bleuboy]

Ashurst must serve half of the 12-year sentence in prison, which includes the 358 days he has already spent on remand.

Dad who killed 14-month-old daughter after leaving her with 'catalogue of injuries' jailed

I get so frustrated with our UK sentences. They are never long enough. Poor hollie.