a coroner in cumbria has said that 13—month—old poppi worthington suffered a serious sexual assault beforeth by her father, paul worthington, didn't stand up to scrutiny. a family courtjudge previously ruled that her father, paul worthington, had probably sexually assaulted her before she died. mr worthington has never been charged with a criminal offence and denies any wrongdoing. 0ur north of england reporter fiona trott was at the inquest. tell us a these findings, the owner. very difficult findings, the owner. very difficult findings for the mother to hear during this three—hour conclusion. she was in tears in court. the inquest was brought to an end five yea rs of painful inquest was brought to an end five years of painful inquiries, investigations, involving various public bodies — the police, social services and now the coroner. the senior coroner david roberts said in the balance of probabilities her 13—month—old daughter was abused before she died. the cause of death was asphyxiation and it was also heard poppi worthington had a virus, and her breathing had been compromised by bei

for five years, the death of poppi worthington has been unexplained.er how she died and what happened to her beforehand. this 13—month—old suffocated after being left in an unsafe sleeping position by herfather. she died in this bed where a coroner believes paul worthington also sexually assaulted her. he had taken herfrom her cot before the assault which the coroner ruled, this statement was made today on behalf of poppi's mother. she is disappointed that poppi's father chose to rely on his right not to answer questions which might incriminate him. while she understands he is entitled to do this, she considers he should have given the coroner the crucial evidence of poppi's last few hours. the coroner said that paul worthington‘s accounts of what happened the night poppi died were not complete or truthful and his evidence did not stand up to scrutiny. mr worthington was bundled in and out of the inquest by police because of concern over his safety. he lives in hiding. in court, he refused to answer questions 252 times. i don't blame him. he was advise

poppi's last few hours. the coroner said that paul worthington's accounts of what happened the night poppi died were not completeot stand up to scrutiny. mr worthington was bundled in and out of the inquest by police because of concern over his safety. he lives in hiding. in court, he refused to answer questions 252 times. i don't blame him. he was advised not to. he's gone through all this process over the last four years, five years with all the case and that and everything that's been dumped on him... no. go with the solicitor's advice. his sister, tracey worthington, has stood by him throughout. how convinced are you that your brother is innocent? i'm not convinced — i know. i don't have to be convinced he's done nothing. i know. you know, i wouldn't protect him, trust me, i would not protect him if he'd done anything wrong. i'd be the one dragging him down the cop shop and he wouldn't be a pretty sight by the time he got there. the first inquest into poppi's death was quashed by the high court after lasting just seven minutes. the cumbria police investigation was botched and vital evidence was lost. two sen

for five years, the death of poppi worthington has been unexplained.to her beforehand. this 30—month—old suffocated after being left in an unsafe sleeping position by her father. being left in an unsafe sleeping position by herfather. she died in this bed, offer a coroner believes paul waddington also sexually assaulted her. he had taken herfrom her cot before the assault, which the coroner ruled on the balance of probabilities took place hours before she died. this statement was made today on behalf of poppi's mother. she is disappointed that her father choose not to answer questions which might incriminate him. while she understands he is entitled to do this, she considers he should have given the coroner the crucial evidence of poppi's last few hours. the coroner has sent paul worthington‘s —— has said the accou nts worthington‘s —— has said the accounts were not complete approval and the evidence did not stand up to scrutiny. mr waddington was bundled in and out of the inquest by police because of concerns over his city. —— worthington. he lives in

poppi worthington, 13 months old. a coroner ruled she was sexually assaulted before she died.inting out failings of the police in this. yeah, an horrific story. they've had this coroner's report which has found this. what is the problem is no charges were brought against poppi's father and here you have the mother staying anonymous pleading for them to look at the police failings and try to open the case again. we have the local mp for the area where she was living, he said he doubts this is going to happen because there's been a catalogue of failures. he doesn't have much hope. but if there isa doesn't have much hope. but if there is a way, it does seem unjust that you could have that finding and not have a consequence in terms of the law. the local mp talking about a public inquiry. maybe that's a way of getting at the truth of exactly what happened here. a lot will come down to front pages like this and how strongly the government feels it needs to act as a result of a sistery like this with these pictures on —— with a story like this with these pictures in the media. it's

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an inquest into the death of 13—month—old poppi worthington has concluded she was sexually assaulted found that poppi's death, in cumbria in 2012, was caused by asphyxia, after sleeping in a bed with herfather, paul worthington. mr worthington has always denied wrongdoing, and has never been charged with a criminal offence. from kendal, danny savage reports. for five years, the death of poppi worthington has been unexplained. now it is much clearer how she died and what happened to her beforehand. this 13—month—old suffocated after being left in an unsafe sleeping position by herfather. she died in this bed, where a coroner believes paul worthington also sexually assaulted her. he had taken herfrom her cot before the assault which the coroner ruled, on the balance of probabilities, took place hours before she died. this statement was made today on behalf of poppi's mother. she is disappointed that poppi's father chose to rely on his right not to answer questions which might incriminate him. while she understands he is untitled to do this, she considers he should have given the coroner

story that a coroner has urged the crown prosecution service to reopen the case of the death of poppy worthingtononth—old toddler who died of this fixation about four years ago. and it could well be that we see a reopening of that case, but at the bottom of that, boris. he reckons £100 million a week for the nhs is necessary or the tories will lose the next election. given that the leeds side promised people they would have £350 million a week potentially available for the nhs million a week potentially available forthe nhs —— million a week potentially available for the nhs —— the leave aside, you would think 100 million may not satisfy. but calling for any sum of money strikes me as being strange. of course we have to celebrate the nhs but we must also recognise we're not getting extra money as a result of leaving the eu. it's not how it is turning out. we have already seen the chancellor said we will have to pay 3.7 billion... he's a remain a! that's the thing, we are putting aside. we must spend more money on the nhs but when they can find it as a result of brexit is a doubt. he gave an inter

a senior coroner will today deliver his conclusions at the second inquest of 13—month—old poppi worthingtonaudience of the background to the death of poppi worthington. previously, we had one opinion that the little girl may have been sexually assaulted by her own father. that is right, that came from a family court back in 2016. thejudge, mr peterjackson, said, and the balance of probabilities, poppi's father sexually assaulted her shortly before her death. paul worthington denies any wrongdoing, the cps has held its decision that no charges will be brought in this case is due to insufficient evidence and we have heard from the independent police complaints commission that evidence was thrown away by detectives. witnesses were not interviewed for eight months. cumbria police has said it deeply regrets the way the investigation was handled. that is why, combined with the facts you say, the first inquest only lasted seven minutes. the death was decided to have been unexplained, see you can understand why the second inquest is so important. remind us of some of the evidence the coroner has be

a coroner has ruled that 13—month—old poppi worthington had been sexually assaulted before dying of asphyxia

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prosecutors are considering the findings of a fresh inquest into the death of the toddler poppi worthingtonassaulted by her father paul worthington before she died — an accusation he denies. the crown prosecution service has said it will look carefully at the judgement, along with cumbria police. a conservative mp has apologised for a blog post he wrote in 2012 suggesting that unemployed people on benefits should have vasectomies if they couldn't afford to have more children. ben bradley, who's 28, was made conservative vice chairman for youth in theresa may's reshuffle last week. the home and away actress jessica falkholt has died from injuries she suffered in a car crash three weeks ago. the 29—year—old actress played hope morrison in the australian series. the accident in new south wales on boxing day had already killed her parents, sister and the other driver. hundreds of the most vulnerable victims of crime are being prevented from testifying against their attackers, because of a shortage of experts to help them give evidence. that's according to a report from the victims' commissioner