Overview
- Walker's police interview, played to jurors on Friday, July 3, said she met Harrison Simpson on Facebook Dating and checked the national sex‑offender register before reporting fingerprints and bruising on two‑year‑old Isabelle.
- Prosecutors told the jury that specialist exams found multiple fractures and that Isabelle died from a massive skull fracture and brain injury the prosecution says was deliberately inflicted.
- Paramedics found Isabelle without a pulse at the home and she died in hospital on September 14, 2025, after medics recorded bruising to her head, neck, abdomen, back and genital area.
- Court evidence has shown hospital staff raised safeguarding concerns after an earlier A&E visit for a fractured leg, prompting questions about whether signs of abuse were missed before the toddler’s death.
- Both Walker and Simpson deny murder and related child‑abuse charges; the multi‑week trial at Teesside Crown Court continues as jurors examine medical, CCTV and witness evidence and both defendants remain in custody.