and he was more aware and enjoyed opening his presents.'



In the hours before Bobby died, he had been left alone with each adult over the weekend at the family home in Bexleyheath, south-east London.

He was kicked in the stomach on Saturday with such force that it damaged vital organs.



He was sick on Sunday, vomiting and looking disorientated. He had a burn mark on his right hand which could have been made by it being placed on an oven door.

But Harris refused to take him to hospital. She told a friend she would be suspected of abusing him, the court heard.

In the early hours of Monday morning, a neighbour said he heard 'a baby whimpering' and murmuring 'mummy'.



Later, Harris rang for an ambulance, saying: "My baby won't wake up."



RichardBobby's father, in October 2008 and took up with Phillips.

'It was clear to her friends that Collette Harris was 'besotted' by James Phillips,' said Mr Whittam.

Harris remained 'extremely enamoured with him' but friends noticed a change in her behaviour.

Bobby spent the period before and after Christmas with his father who did not notice any significant bruising.



But two days after returning home, a friend of Phillips noticed he seemed 'woozy' and that he was vomiting. Harris showed him a bruise on Bobby, said Mr Whittam.

Later, he asked why Harris did not take him to hospital and she allegedly replied:



'How can I take him to the hospital with bruises like that on his body. They will think I am beating him up or something.'

The toddler died the next day.



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