A man jailed for killing a three-year-old boy in Londonderry in 2017 has failed in his bid to have his conviction overturned
Liam Whoriskey had been initially charged with murder before the charge was amended to manslaughter
Sir Paul Maguire said: "This is not a case where the court has been left with a significant sense of unease.Kayden McGuinness was found dead at a flat in Colmcille Court on 17 September 2017During the trial, the court was told a post-mortem examination carried out after Kayden's death revealed he had sustained multiple injuries and bruising.
"We do not accept that the jury seeing the photographs would excite prejudice against the applicant or would gratuitously disable him from being able to make the best defence he could," the judge said. "It appears that even in such an apparently innocuous situation as him watching the television he could 'get mad' by the presence of a young child playing in the vicinity leading to him shouting and abusing the child," Sir Paul said.
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