A FOUR-year-old girl who was allegedly the victim of deliberate and brutal violence before her death was a “healthy Teletubby” according to her mum.

Wakefield-born Sharon Wright and her then boyfriend Peter Seaton have both denied murdering Leticia Alayah Wright, who died from multiple injuries despite being rushed to hospital last November.

The prosecution has alleged that Leticia was bitten, burned with cigarettes and beaten while living with the couple at Wright’s house in Almondbury Bank, Moldgreen, Huddersfield.

The jury hearing the case at Bradford Crown Court yesterday made a site visit to the two-bedroom end-terraced house after hearing extracts from a series of interviews given by 23-year-old Wright to detectives last year.

Throughout the interviews, which took place over three days, Wright repeatedly denied that either she or 22-year-old Seaton, of Meadow Lane, Northallerton, had caused the injuries to her daughter.

Wright described how on the night when Leticia was rushed to hospital she had given her a bath and after going upstairs to get the girl’s pyjamas she came back down to find her lying on the floor of the lounge.

She said her daughter was not breathing and she called to Seaton who came running in.

The court heard that an ambulance was called and they tried to perform CPR on Leticia as directed by the operator.

As well as various marks and bruises to her body Leticia had also suffered a severe wound to the back of her head and abdominal injuries.

Clumps of her hair were later found in a wheelie bin. During the interviews Wright was questioned about her day-to-day routine with Leticia and about any injuries she saw on her.

Wright explained that even when Leticia had been ill with sickness and diarrhoea she had still taken her out for walks with the dog for her to get some fresh air and exercise.

She described her daughter as a “rough and tumbly” girl and said she would fall over in the woods or the park.

Wright said Leticia looked healthy to her adding: “A little podgy belly - a healthy Teletubby.”

She said Leticia told her she had fallen off the top bunk on one occasion, but Wright said she didn’t know anything about burn marks on her daughter’s body.

In interview she said Leticia had seen some “little bruising” but that was from falling over.

When asked about Seaton’s relationship with her daughter Wright said Leticia loved him and they were “like best friends” playing all the time.

“It was good. They got on like a house on fire,” said Wright.

“They would sit together on the settee and he would cuddle her ... he read to her when she asked even though he did not like reading.”

She said Seaton was never violent towards her or Leticia.

The jury has heard evidence from neighbours who saw Leticia looking sad at a bedroom window, but Wright said her daughter never seemed sad to her.

She said it was not part of Leticia’s routine to be at the window for long periods of time.

“She would be out or at home drawing or watching television,” said Wright.

During a social services visit to the house in October it was noted that there was no bedding in Leticia’s room, but Wright told officers that her daughter had had an ‘accident’ the night before and the bedding was in the wash.

Wright maintained that her daughter was never disciplined for wetting the bed.

Wright repeated that neither she nor Seaton had been responsible for Leticia’s injuries and she denied turning a blind eye to what was going on.

The trial continues.