Grandparents Deny Killing Severely Disabled Teenage Girl
The grandparents of a severely disabled teenage girl have gone on trial accused of killing her.
Fourteen-year-old Rebecca McKeown died in hospital in March 2001, five days after she had been looked after by her grandparents.
David Johnston, 88, and his wife Sarah, 86, from Carwood Drive in Glengormley, County Antrim, deny her manslaughter and charges of child cruelty.
The trial is expected to last until the middle of June.
The barrister for the prosecution warned the jury that aspects of the case would be distressing and unpalatable.
During the opening of the trial at Belfast Crown Court, the court heard harrowing details of the injuries suffered by the 14-year-old which the prosecution claims were inflicted by her grandfather during a sexual assault.
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