Tragic tot had spine 'snapped'

Tragic ... Amy Howson had spine broken TRAGIC tot Amy Howson was battered to death and had her spine SNAPPED in two by her brutal dad – after being starved, a court heard today. Amy had more than 40 injuries, including seven other fractures, over her shattered body – some of them eight weeks old. The tormented tot also suffered “deprivation of food and water” and when she died from her injuries aged just SIXTEEN MONTHS she weighed the same as she did at the age of SIX MONTHS. Her dad James Howson, 25, had allegedly previously broken her leg and arm by TWISTING them. He finally killed her by battering her and then BREAKING her back in two.... possibly over his knee, Leeds Crown Court heard. Over the previous weeks he had allegedly punched, slapped and pinned the tot down causing numerous fractures – later blaming some of the... [read full story]