‘Peppa Pig’ clip at Ellie Butler murder trial

Jurors have been warned not to be swayed by “fanciful” suggestions after TV character Peppa Pig was called in the defence of the man accused of murdering six-year-old Ellie Butler.

A four-minute excerpt of the cartoon was shown in the Old Bailey trial of Ben Butler.

The 36-year-old is accused of smashing Ellie’s head in a violent rage while home with her and another child in October 2013.