Bulletin: Ben Butler: U.K. BBC News reports that defence counsel has raised 'Peppa Pig fall theory' in his cross-examination of the pathologist who carried out the post-mortem test...."During his cross-examination of Prof Anthony Risdon, Mr Butler's defence counsel Icah Peart QC said Ellie had been a fan of the cartoon, and there were "Peppa Pig artefacts about her room". He asked the pathologist if he knew a rhyme from the show, where Peppa jumps and falls from a bed. "What I am talking about is someone jumping up and down on the bed and, as Peppa Pig does, jumps over backwards, falls down and hits her head on the concrete floor," he said. Mr Peart QC then asked Prof Risdon if such momentum may have resulted in Ellie's injuries. He replied: "I have seen a large number of head injuries in children. "I have never come across a scenario like that and I have never come across a short distance fall that results in a similar injury." He said Ellie died from a "considerable blunt impact to the head" and not from a short fall from a stool or chair. There was a "strong possibility" that four marks on her jaw were caused by "gripping", he added. 'Image caption Ben Butler had a conviction for causing Ellie head injuries quashed in 2010.' Earlier, Prof Risdon told jurors he had not been influenced by a colleague who had suggested Ellie was killed by her parents."

 'Image caption: Ellie Butler was a big Peppa Pig fan, the court has heard.'  A six-year-old girl suffered fatal head injuries when she fell from a stool while mimicking Peppa Pig, a defence lawyer has suggested. Ben Butler, 36, denies murdering his daughter by causing the "catastrophic" injuries. She may have fallen and hit her head as she watched the popular children's cartoon, the Old Bailey heard. The pathologist who carried out the post-mortem test said he had never seen someone die from similar injuries. During his cross-examination of Prof Anthony Risdon, Mr Butler's defence counsel Icah Peart QC said Ellie had been a fan of the cartoon, and there were "Peppa Pig artefacts about her room". He asked the pathologist if he knew a rhyme from the show, where Peppa jumps and falls from a bed. "What I am talking about is someone jumping up and down on the bed and, as Peppa Pig does, jumps over backwards, falls down and hits her head on the concrete floor," he said. Mr Peart QC then asked Prof Risdon if such momentum may have resulted in Ellie's injuries. He replied: "I have seen a large number of head injuries in children. "I have never come across a scenario like that and I have never come across a short distance fall that results in a similar injury." He said Ellie died from a "considerable blunt impact to the head" and not from a short fall from a stool or chair. There was a "strong possibility" that four marks on her jaw were caused by "gripping", he added. 'Image caption Ben Butler had a conviction for causing Ellie head injuries quashed in 2010.'  Earlier, Prof Risdon told jurors he had not been influenced by a colleague who had suggested Ellie was killed by her parents. Jurors have been told Mr Butler had previously been convicted of assaulting Ellie when she was a baby, but was cleared on appeal. She was returned home 11 months before her death in October 2013. The trial continues."
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