Peter Conelly

Peter is taken to a GP with bruises to the side of his head. His mother told them he fell.

Peter is returned to his mother while she is still on Bail for Assaulting the child.

Over the next few months Peter is visited time and time again by social workers that noted bruises and injuries on him.

What they didnt know about was the toture Peter was reciving from his Step Father. The torture his mother tried so hard to cover up.

The childs stepfather sliced off Peters fingertips with a knife and pull of his nails with pliers. Peter had been kicked with a shoe to his private parts and his windpipe had been pressed down so hard it turned blue.

Peters stepfather would also bite at the little boys head to train his Rottweilers to attack.

At night, instead of being snuggled and kissed and gently placed into his bed, his stepfather would pick him up, usually from behind his neck or by his ears and drop him into his crib.

" At Night I'd hear him crying and Headbutting the wooden bars. It went on for hours."

A fifteen year old girl who shared the same council building as the family said.

During the day, peters stepfather would treat the little boy like a rag doll, often dropping him from six feet onto the ground.

The same young girl from before said that one day his stepfather was playing with Peter very roughly. A huge crack was heard throughout the house and Peter Screamed and Screamed. She said it was so loud she went outside and covered her ears to try and block out the horrible sound.

Peter is examined, but a full examination is not done, as the doctor said he was miserable and cranky. She did, however, note bruises on him. What she didnt know was that peter had broken ribs and a broken back, paralysing him from his waist down.

The last ever picture taken of Peter should have been of a beautiful blone haired, blue eyed little boy.

Instead it is of a scared boy who's blonde curls have been shaved off and his face covered in chocolate by his mother to hide his bruises and injurys.

11:35 am

Peters mother calls for an ambulance.

He was found in a blood splattered cot.

Peter was rushed to a hospital, but he had already left.

An autopsy revealed severe cuts on Peters head, caused by either a human or a dog bite. He had bruises all over his body. Peter had bleeding on his spine that was over 48 hours old. He had blackened finger and toe nails. one finger was missing a nail and the skin had been stripped.

All together peter had eight broken ribs that were between 1-2 weeks old. Skin was missing from the top of his tounge and lips caused by a huge blow.  The skin between his upper lip and gum had been ripped and his tooth was knocked out.

Digital Images have been created, showing only some of baby peters injuries.

Peter was crying in his cot because he had been in urine and feces for days.

His cries were so loud that his stepfather walked into his room, slammed the door and shouted "I'll sort it!"

...

Peter went quiet.

He had been punshed so hard in the face he had swallowed his bottom tooth. It was later found in his stomache.