Gay father accused of murdering his adopted daughter 'sent texts saying he was "going through hell" with the toddler before she died'

NEW Matthew Scully-Hicks (right), from Delabole, Cornwall, is on trial accused of killing Elsie Scully-Hicks (left), who was 18 months old when she died in May 2016. Today the jury at Cardiff Crown Court was read a number of text messages between Scully-Hicks, 31, and his husband Craig, 36, and friends. In one, Scully-Hicks said: 'I'm going through hell with Elsie. Mealtimes and bedtimes are like my worst nightmare at the minute. 'She has been up there screaming for ten minutes non-stop. She's just stopped but I doubt that's the last I'll hear tonight.' In a message to his husband, Scully-Hicks described Elsie as 'Satan dressed up in a babygro' and then added: 'Elsie has had two nights of being Satan'. The couple also joked about 'calling a priest' for Elsie if she did not stop behaving like Satan, the court heard. Scully-Hicks said: 'A priest isn't a bad shout, I'll look on Google now. LOL xxx'