Mansfield child murder trial: Live updates as mum is found guilty of killing 19-month-old daughter

The jury in the case of the Mansfield mother charged with murdering her 19-month-old daughter Gracie has reached a verdict of guilty.
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Katie Crowder, aged 26, of Wharmby Avenue, Mansfield, is accused of scalding the toddler to death on March 6 this year, and then stalling before raising the alarm to “cover her tracks”’.

Crowder, who denied murder, claimed she found Gracie unconscious on the bathroom floor next to an overturned mop bucket and water on the floor.

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