Santina Cawley

2022 - 4 - 25

karen harrington cork

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Neighbour heard woman accused of murdering Santina Cawley, 2 ... (Irish Mirror)

Karen Harrington of Lakelands Crescent in Mahon in Cork city, has gone on trial in charged with the murder of toddler Santina Cawley in July of 2019. Ms ...

A faint heartbeat was detected and CPR was commenced.Santina was transferred to hospital where she died at 9.20am on the 5th of July 2019. Mr Gilliane said it is the case of the State that Michael brought his daughter Santina back to 26 Elderwood Park and that Miss Harrington was in the living area. It is claimed that he placed Santina on a duvet style blanket and then realised that he forgotten his phone and returned to the Higgins apartment in a bid to retrieve it. Mr Gillane said that Mr Olney called gardai amid at 4.31am after he became concerned about the screaming child at the apartment. He told her that he was going to contact Gardaí. It is alleged that Mr Cawley wanted a cousin of his to come stay in Miss Higgins’ apartment and that there was some disagreement about same. She was residing in the apartment at the time of the alleged offence. Mr Cawley had also dropped the defendant in to the city and she was doing her own shopping around town. At 10pm Michael Cawley went to the Atlantic Pond with Santina in the car. Karen Harrington made an arrangement to meet a friend at Elderwood Drive in the same apartment complex where she lived. He called a halt to proceedings and words were exchanged. The jurors were told that Santina sustained polytrauma and blunt force trauma, with extensive bruising to the head, thorax, abdomen and limbs, an injury to her spine and nose and bruising on her mouth.

Neighbour heard woman accused of murdering Santina Cawley (2 ... (Independent.ie)

A WOMAN accused of the murder of a two-year-old girl was heard by an apartment complex neighbour screaming, taunting and terrorising the child a short time ...

"At that time in 2019, she (Harrington) was in a relationship with Michael Cawley and had been for some time. Mr Cawley discovered the body of Santina lying naked and unresponsive on a duvet - and woke Karen Harrington, who was lying on a nearby couch, to ask her what had happened. Mr Cawley and Ms Harrington - who had Santina with them - were socialising throughout the afternoon and evening of July 4 with others. Mr Gillane said Mr Olney - who had earlier confronted Ms Harrington about the noise she was making in the early hours of the morning - was so concerned he contacted gardaí who attended the property. "Not only could he (Mr Olney) hear a child crying, he could hear the accused (Harrington) shouting directly at the child, mocking and taunting the child and terrorising the child,” he said. Mr Gillane said the State will introduce evidence at the trial from neighbours who were concerned at the sound of a loud disturbance in the defendant's apartment at No 26 Elderwood Park at around 4am on July 5

Santina Cawley (2) sustained devastating injuries, murder trial hears (BreakingNews.ie)

Karen Harrington, of Lakelands Crescent in Mahon in Cork city, has gone on trial in charged with the murder of toddler Santina Cawley in July 2019.

Mr Gilliane said it is the case of the State that Michael brought his daughter Santina back to 26 Elderwood Park and that Ms Harrington was in the living area. It is claimed that he placed Santina on a duvet style blanket and then realised that he forgotten his phone and returned to the Higgins' apartment in a bid to retrieve it. Among those to arrive at the scene was Sgt Brian Teehan who is due to give evidence that Santina was warm to the touch but lifeless. He told her that he was going to contact gardaí. It is alleged that Mr Cawley wanted a cousin of his to come stay in Ms Higgins’ apartment and that there was some disagreement about same. Mr Cawley stayed at the apartment of Ms Higgins and her partner Eric Okuanala. Santina also remained. Gardaí. arrived within 20 minutes and knocked on the door of Miss Harrington’s apartment. She was residing in the apartment at the time of the alleged offence. Mr Gillane told the court that Santina and her father spent the afternoon of July 4th, 2019 shopping in Cork city centre. At 10pm, Michael Cawley went to the Atlantic Pond with Santina in the car. Karen Harrington made an arrangement to meet a friend at Elderwood Drive in the same apartment complex where she lived. The jurors were told that Santina sustained polytrauma and blunt force trauma, with extensive bruising to the head, thorax, abdomen and limbs, an injury to her spine and nose and bruising on her mouth.

Evidence of trauma found all over toddler's body, murder trial hears (The Irish Times)

Karen Harrington (38) denies murdering Santina Cawley at Cork apartment.

A trained paramedic, Sgt Brian Teehan of the ASU found Santina was still warm but lifeless to the touch, save for a faint pulse. The first to respond were members of the Garda ASU. He was told to return the next day. He said a postmortem found she had multiple injuries all over her body. He woke Ms Harrington, who was asleep on a couch, to ask her what had happened to Santina but she left the apartment on foot and he got Mr Olney to raise the alarm. Mr Cawley later left with Santina and put her on a duvet at Ms Harrington’s apartment before he returned to Ms Higgins’s to get his phone.

Woman pleads not guilty to murder of two-year-old girl (RTE.ie)

Karen Harrington, with an address at Lakelands Crescent, Mahon, in Cork, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Santina Cawley at an apartment in the city ...