Rachel Shannon

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True Crime with Rachel Shannon · Dad Does Sickening Things to His Baby Daughter. Yet Cops Let him Walk free?! · 26 Sep 2026 podcast

In a criminal trial, the prosecution has to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. matched

In a family court or a civil court, matched

A judge decides things on the balance of probabilities, which just means more likely than not. matched

It's a lower bar, and the point isn't to punish anybody. matched

The point is to work out what actually happened so the court can decide whether the other children in that family are safe with Paul. matched

The judge handed down a 43-page ruling which found that the medical evidence pointed to Poppy's injuries having been caused by penetrative trauma from outside the body. matched

He found that her significant bleeding within 15 minutes of the 999 call could only be sensibly explained as the result of that trauma. matched

And he found that the only person who could have realistically done this to her was her father. matched

So it was found that Poppy's siblings were not safe living with Paul. matched

And I just have to say Poppy wasn't either. matched

But they didn't care about that. matched

And the results of that judgment were actually kept secret on the grounds that publishing it could prejudice a future criminal trial. matched

Which I guess could be understandable if there was an actual investigation happening and if anybody planned on there being a trial. matched

But we know that there was no such thing happening. matched

Then for the months that followed the ruling matched

The judgment as well as Poppy's name and any information about her case was kept quiet. matched

She was simply referred to as a 13-month-old girl. matched

Media outlets such as BBC went to the court to try and get the judgment published, but they lost because the Cumbria County Council asked that the details be withheld for 15 years. matched

Then by october twenty first, twenty fourteen, an inquest was finally held into the death of Poppy Worthington in front of the coroner for South and East Cumbria, Ian Smith. matched

The coroner said that he was satisfied to rely on the findings of that private family court judgment. matched

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