The grandparents of a two-year-old boy allegedly murdered by his babysitter in Warwick, Queensland in 2018, have both told a court the accused's account of what happened did not add up.
Lisa Rose Halcrow, 41, was charged last year over the death of Connor Horan in Warwick on the Southern Downs.
The toddler died from internal and head injuries which Ms Halcrow said he suffered after falling downstairs at her home.
Ms Halcrow has pleaded not guilty to one count each of murder and grievous bodily harm.
This morning, she was committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court in Toowoomba at a later date.
Grandmother: She said 'I killed him'
Earlier on the second day of a committal hearing in the Warwick Magistrates Court, Connor's grandmother Deborah Ballard told the court she originally thought his death was an accident.
Ms Ballard described the day of her grandson's death when she met Ms Halcrow at the hospital where medical staff were resuscitating him.
She said she saw Ms Halcrow rocking back and forth and crying.
"I said: 'what the …?' and she screamed several times in the hallway: 'I killed him, I killed him'."
Ms Ballard told the court she initially thought there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding her grandson's death.
"At the time I believed it, Lisa and I were good friends, at the time I believed it," Ms Ballard said.
"I trusted Lisa and I loved Lisa. I truly believed in the first few days it was an accident."
Ms Ballard told the court she later visited the scene.
She said Ms Halcrow had told her Connor was eating before he fell down the stairs, but she didn't see any blood around or crumbs from the toast.
"I was thinking what was going on here? Things just didn't add up in my head," Ms Ballard said.
Suspicious story
Ms Ballard's husband, Russell, testified that he also had suspicions about his grandson's death.
The court heard Mr Ballard said in his police statement he wanted to say to Ms Halcrow that he thought it did not add up about how badly hurt Connor was, given the stairs at her home were only one metre high.
The couple both told the court separately they had concerns about the amount of time Ms Halcrow spent with the toddler.
Ms Halcrow was refused bail and remanded in custody until her trial.
