Poppi Worthington 'cried out' on night before her death, inquest hears

Second inquest into death of 13-month-old girl at her Cumbria home hears her mother describe baby’s unusual cries during the night

The mother of Poppi Worthington, a 13-month-old girl who died after being found with unexplained injuries at her home, has described how she heard her daughter cry out in the early hours of the morning before she died.

Poppi died suddenly on 12 December 2012 after collapsing at her home in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. In January 2016 it was revealed that a family court judge had ruled in 2014 that Poppi’s father, Paul Worthington, 49, had probably sexually assaulted her.

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