Social services visited gay father who murdered his adopted daughter at least THIRTEEN times but failed to intervene - even after she had broken her leg and 'fallen down the stairs'

Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, (left and inset) shook Elsie Scully-Hicks (centre) before she was 'thrown against a hard floor' while he was looking after her at his home in Llandaff, Cardiff, on May 25 2016. The tragic baby died just two weeks after she was formally adopted by fitness instructor Scully-Hicks and his husband Craig, 36. Scully-Hicks denied murdering little Elsie but was today found guilty by a jury after a four week trial. The jury of nine men and three women went out last Wednesday but returned a unanimous guilty verdict shortly after midday. The court heard that before she was killed she had suffered broken leg and had 'fallen down stairs' (bottom right). Scully-Hicks insisted the baby gate (top right) had just opened and that she had tumbled down the stairs. The jury also heard Scully-Hick branded her 'a psycho', 'the exorcist' and 'Satan dressed up in a Babygro' in text messages.

sources- mailonline