Dad on trial for murdering 2-year-old daughter; she had 58 bruises and abrasions (Singapore)

Dad SALLEHAN ALLAUDIN is on trial for murdering his 2-year-old daughter. The little girl apparently died from heart failure, and had 58 bruises and abrasions. Seems that Daddy kicked and stomped on the child.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_446839.html

Oct 26, 2009
58 bruises on child's body
By Selina Lum

TODDLER Natalie Nikie Alisyia Sallehan had 58 bruises and abrasions on her head, body and limbs, a forensic pathologist told the High Court on Monday, the fifth day of her father's murder trial.

But what caused her death was a tear in a major vein that let 40ml of blood collect inside the heart sac and prevent the heart from pumping.

The 0.5-cm-long rupture found on the blood vessel was a 'life-threatening event', the pathologist who conducted the autopsy, Dr Teo Eng Swee, told the court yesterday.

The two-year-old's father, Sallehan Allaudin, 27, is accused of causing her death by kicking and stamping on her.

Also taking the stand was the paediatrician who saw Nikie in the emergency room, Dr Kao Pao Tang. Dr Kao, who had been given the autopsy finding, said that such ruptures are usually seen in cases of a fall from a height or 'high-energy, high-velocity accidents'.

Nikie was assaulted on Jan 6 at her home in Boon Lay.