Toddler ‘battered to death by drug dealer dad had injuries normally seen in car crash victim’
Raphael Kennedy, 31, stands accused of brutally murdering little Dylan Tiffin-Brown at his house in Northampton last December
A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy who was battered to death by his drug dealer dad suffered injuries usually found in CAR CRASH victims, a court heard.
Raphael Kennedy, 31, is accused of murdering little Dylan Tiffin-Brown two months after finding out he was his father.
Jurors were told the child had 39 separate injuries, including 13 broken ribs as a result of being brutally attacked on December 15, 2017.
Northampton Crown Court heard how the little boy’s injuries were more commonly found in victims of road traffic collisions.
The unemployed dad is said to have waited two hours before calling an ambulance to his home in Arthur Street, Northampton.
When paramedics arrived they found Dylan’s lifeless body and he was pronounced dead 30 minutes after being rushed to Northampton General Hospital.
A post-mortem revealed Dylan’s rib fractures and liver damage were inflicted upwards of two hours before his death.
Experts have said two or more rib fractures on the toddler could not be explained by an accident and were associated with abuse.
Consultant paediatrician Dr Roger Malcomson said the savage injuries are more often seen in “either a fall from a significant height, a road traffic accident or abuse.”
He added: “The more fractures there are the most likely it is to be abuse.”
The court heard previously how the youngster was found with traces of cocaine in his system.
Hundreds of pounds worth of crack, cannabis and heroin were seized from Kennedy’s house by police, as well as plastic wraps, microscales and a suspected “burner” mobile phone for dealing drugs.
Jurors were also shown two video clips of Dylan downloaded from Kennedy’s phone by police.
In one, Dylan appears to be sleeping on his feet in a bedroom – before Kennedy, who is filming, shouts “wake up” at the toddler.
Dylan’s mother Tayla Tiffin, 18, also told the court that her son would always cry after staying with his father and that he “clung to her” when he went home.
Kennedy denies the charge of murder.
The trial continues.
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