A baby girl died from severe injuries consistent with violent shaking and blunt force trauma in a Greenock flat on July 14, 2023, a court has heard. Thea Wilson, aged three weeks, suffered head injuries, rib fractures, and spinal bleeds similar to those from a high-velocity impact, prompting a murder trial at Glasgow’s High Court.
Details From Court Evidence
Nicole Blain, 30, stands accused of her daughter’s murder. She denies the charges, claiming another child accidentally dropped Thea, causing the injuries. Medical expert Dr Srinivas Annavarapu testified the injuries, including skull fractures inflicted at least three times, were too severe to have been caused by a toddler’s accidental fall.
Medical Experts Findings
Dr Annavarapu explained that Thea’s injuries were similar to those sustained in a road traffic accident due to the magnitude of force involved. He said the child’s skull fractures and broken ribs indicated blunt impact to hard surfaces and shaking, making it “very very unlikely a toddler would be capable of inflicting those injuries.”
Prosecutors Claims
Prosecutors allege Blain repeatedly shook Thea and inflicted blunt force trauma, although the exact method remains unknown. The prosecution highlights the seriousness of non-accidental head trauma in infants and the resulting fatal outcome.
Blain’s Response And Witness Account
Blain told a social worker she found Thea injured on the floor and blamed another child in the house. A support worker described Blain as “upset and panicked” after calling for help, reporting the baby appeared cold, yellow, and unresponsive with a misshapen head and scratches beneath her eyes.
Trial Continues
The trial is ongoing before Lord Scott as jurors consider the evidence surrounding this tragic death.
