Eighteen-month-old Alfie Phillips died with 70 visible injuries after being attacked, a court heard.
By Claudia Sermbezis & Tanya GuptaA man accused of killing his partner's 18-month-old son has told a court he did not know how he was injured in the hours before his death.
His mother Sian Hedges, 27, and her former partner Jack Benham, 35, deny murdering the boy in a caravan in Kent. Ms Hedges, of Yelverton, Devon, and Mr Benham are accused of killing Alfie overnight in Benham's caravan in Hernhill, near Faversham. Prosecuting, Jennifer Knight KC cross-examined Mr Benham and said: "You were last seen by family going into the caravan at about 8pm. In the hours that follow, Alfie is assaulted so seriously that by the morning he is dead."
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