"The court has heard
that Luckese initially told police she tripped while carrying Duy-An,
and the girl hit her head on a banister. She then recanted and claimed
that she “lost control” and shook the child, the court was told. Luckese pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. Her defence lawyer is arguing that her statements to police are not true. On Thursday, the court heard from Duy-An’s
parents and a man named Trevor Doyle, whose son attended the same
daycare. Two days after Duy-An died, Doyle said, Luckese called him. “She said she was very sorry. ‘I don’t know
how this happened. It was only one second.’ She basically kept repeating
those sentences,” Doyle said. “She assured me that she never hurt my
son… She said, ‘I’ve never hit or laid a hand on a child in 15 years.’” Doyle said he didn’t ask what she was talking about." The trial resumes Friday morning."