A senior family court judge has described a man convicted of murdering his adoptive baby daughter as a “Jekyll and Hyde character” who appeared calm when others were around but in private could not control himself if the child played up. It emerged in the judgment that the marriage had broken up and Craig Scully-Hicks believed his former partner had killed their 18-month-old daughter, considering him a “monster”. It never crossed the mind of any professional that there was anything untoward.”The judge said Craig Scully-Hicks accepted that his husband killed Elsie. Giving evidence to the family court hearing, he said they had separated permanently. He said he didn’t know this ‘monster’.”Moor said Craig Scully-Hicks had not failed Elsie.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2017 19:46 UTC