Evil parents Sophie Nash, and Daniel Nolan, have been found guilty of causing the death of their newborn daughter.
Eight-day-old Ava Nolan died on August 16, 2017, after suffering a number of injuries including two separate bleeds to her brain and a fractured femur at the hands of her parents.
The prosecution told Preston Crown Court Ava "didn't stand a chance" in the care of her "volatile and abusive" parents at their home in Dover Street, Nelson.
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Mr McLaughlin QC said the prosecution could not say which of Ava’s parents caused her injuries, but said there is “an inbuilt parental responsibility to protect a child. They did not do that.
“Worse still, on their watch Ava Grace Nolan sustained several non accidental, traumatic injuries.
“One of them caused those injuries. The prosecution says the other knew.
“The final injury, her life was literally shaken out of her. She really did not stand a chance.“
The court heard how Nolan, 30, and Nash, 31, repeatedly ignored professional support from midwives and health visitors and only allowed a midwife to visit their daughter when they were threatened with the police.
Nash and Nolan were arrested on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of their baby. They both denied the charge.
Mr McLaughlin QC told the court: "They blamed each other for Ava's death yet they were still planning their wedding for November 2021. They stayed together even though each knew the other must be responsible."
Daniel Nolan has now been found guilty of causing or allowing serious physical injury to a child, relating to the fractured femur Ava suffered in the days before she died.
He is also guilty of causing or allowing the death a child.
Sophie Nash has also been found guilty of causing or allowing serious physical injury to a child, relating to the fractured femur Ava suffered in the days before she died.
She is also guilty of causing or allowing the death a child.
Nash is also guilty of cruelty to a person under 16.
Both parents have also been found guilty of cruelty relating to the living conditions in Ava's short life.
Mr Justice Spencer said he will pass sentence tomorrow (January 14), before remanding Nash and Nolan in custody overnight.
He says it is "quite inevitable" they will receive custodial sentences when they return to court tomorrow.
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