Toddler's father found her naked under blanket in blood-stained room, Cork trial hears

Santina Cawley was found with critical injuries in a Cork city apartment in 2019, and died a few hours later in Cork University Hospital

Santina Cawley. Picture: Provision

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The father of two-year-old Santina Cawley described returning to the home of the woman accused of murdering her in the early hours of the morning and finding her under a blanket in the blood-stained room, not looking right, and he knelt down beside her and said: “Santina please, Santina please say something please.”