The father of a two-year-old toddler who died after suffering multiple injuries has told the trial of his former partner how he never thought she would harm his child as they had always got on very well together.
37 year old Michael Cawley told the trial of Karen Harrington that he never thought that she would harm his daughter, Santina in any way when he left Santina in her apartment in the early hours of July 5th 2019 to go into Cork city to look for his cousin.
"During cross examination on the fourth day of the trial Michael Cawley said he left his daughter with someone he thought he could trust. he said he had left Santina with Karen Harrington a few times before and there was never a problem,
38 year old Karen Harrington of Lakelands Crescent, Mahon, who has denied the murder of Santina Cawley at Elderwood Park, Boreenamanna Road, on July 5th, 2019 is on trial before a jury of seven men and five women at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.
Michael Cawley broke down a number of times when he was shown CCTV footage of himself with Santina at a local supermarket less than 12 hours before he discovered his daughter badly injured at Karen Harrington’s duplex apartment .
During cross-examination on his second day in the witness box, Michael Cawley agreed that Karen Harringon had always got on well with his daughter and he told the jury he had no concerns about leaving his daughter with his then partner.
The case continues."
