Santina Cawley. Image: Provision Santina Cawley. Image: Provision A WOMAN ACCUSED of the murder of a two-year-old girl has claimed in direct evidence at her trial that she did not kill the toddler and was “unsure” as to who was responsible for the crime in spite of considering the issue for the last three years.
Under cross examination by Sean Gillane, SC for the Prosecution, Harrington said in sworn evidence that she was not responsible for the murder of the youngster. Harrington accepted that he left alone shortly after, leaving Santina in the apartment. She also agreed that she and Santina were alone for a period of time in the apartment.
When asked if she accepted that Michael Cawley, who was captured on CCTV in Cork city centre for several hours that morning, hadn’t inflicted the injuries, she said: “I don’t know exactly what happened from 3am to 5am. I was suddenly woken from my sleep.” Gillane said that if Santina didn’t do it, and neither Michael Cawley or a mysterious stranger was responsible for the death who was. She said she couldn’t say.Harrington conceded that she hadn’t seen anyone else harm the child. She didn’t answer when Gillane asked her if she heard Santina crying when her ribs were being broken or she was being otherwise injured.
Gillane ended his cross examination of Harrington by saying that when gardaí arrived at the her then apartment to investigate a noise complaint, neighbour Dylan Olney noted that there was a ‘dead silence.” However, she continued to insist that she did not murder Santina Cawley even when gardaí put it to her that the blood of the child was found on a pair of her pants.
“I would never . I am minding children all my life. Honest to God I told you from start to finish what I recall. I told you everything. I feel sick to my stomach. “ At one point during the questioning, Noonan asked Harrington why she was smiling. She said that she wasn’t smiling but was instead thinking. Noonan said that Santina Cawley was dead and would never smile again.
That poor little child,and what she was put through is horrifying. I pray that the perpetrators of this appalling crime are brought to justice,in the harshest possible way. There is no redemption for child abusers and murderers. RIP Santina.
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