A couple whose actions left a child with a significant brain injury requiring a section of skull to be temporarily removed have been convicted following a trial. Emergency services were called to a house in the Branksome area of Darlington on the afternoon of May 26 following reports that a baby had become unresponsive.

The child was found to have extensive bruising across the whole body, including the head and neck, as well as burns to the hand, a fractured jaw and both wrists broken in three places. The child was rushed to hospital where doctors confirmed a fractured skull and significant brain injury, requiring a section of skull to be temporarily removed to ease the swelling and allow for specialist treatment to be carried out.

Amy Cave and her new partner, Craig Neill, were arrest

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