A MAN accused of murdering a two-year-old girl "seemed fine" as he told her mother how he had found the child was not breathing.
The claim was made yesterday as Kevin Park, 27, went on trial charged with killing Madison Horn at her home in Kelty, Fife, on April 20.
The child's mother Anne Marie White told how she started dating Park in November last year before moving into her house in Croftangry Road, Kelty.
The 22 year-old said Park and Madison got on "really well". Miss White told the court: "She was just always shouting for him when he was not in. He would play with her, normal things."
The mother recalled how on the day of the alleged murder she was invited to a friend's birthday celebrations in Cowdenbeath, Fife.
She remembered leaving her house that day with her daughter playing and Park hoovering.
Miss White later noticed a missed call from Park.
She eventually spoke to her partner after repeated attempts.
Prosecutor Jennifer Bain asked her: "How was he?"
Miss White: "Seemed fine - he just said that he had phoned an ambulance for Madison."
Park denies murder. The charge includes claims Park shouted at Madison, pulled her hair and struck her head against a wall.
The trial continues.
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