Consultant tells court scan revealed injuries to baby Abbie

Published on Monday 15 March 2010 22:09

A HOSPITAL consultant has told a murder trial that a CT scan revealed that baby Abbie Jamieson had a serious head injury and a blood clot on the brain.

Fiona Russell, a consultant in paediatric emergency medicine at Yorkhill Hospital for Sick Children, was giving evidence at the trial of Craig Jamieson, who denies murdering his daughter Abbie at the family home in Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, on 8 February, 2008.

The consultant told the High Court in Glasgow that when Abbie was admitted around 12: 45pm on 8 February, 2008 she had no pulse, no circulation and was unconscious and not breathing.

When asked by prosecutor Lesley Shand: "Did you see any obvious injuries to Abbie?" Dr Russell replied: "The thing I first noticed was she had obvious bruising to her abdomen and a large left-sided head injury. It was obvious she had a large swelling on the left side of her head."

Dr Russell told the jury that she spoke to Jamieson about Abbie and noted down what he told her. In court she read out what she had noted that he told her: "Abbie woke at 9:15am with her dad. Had five ounce bottle and porridge and vomited soon after. Red stuff in it."

Dr Russell said: "Both parents denied she had had any accidents."

Jamieson, 30, of 24 Summerhill Place, Drumchapel, Glasgow, has lodged a special defence of incrimination against Abbie's mother Nichola Haddock.

He is accused of murdering Abbie by inflicting blunt force trauma to her head and body by means unknown to the prosecutor. He is also charged with assaulting Abbie to her severe injury on 6 January, 2008.

He denies both charges.

The trial continues.