A 13-month-old girl was subjected to physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her parents before she was fatally injured by her mother, a court has heard.

Isabella Stasiak, who had been “unwanted” and was taken into care after her birth in December 2023, was returned to her parents Michal Stasiak and Kinga Wydrzynska nine months before she suffered “catastrophic” head injuries from which she died on January 7 2025, a trial at Warwick Crown Court heard on Tuesday.

Polish nationals Wydrzynska, 26, of Johnson Avenue, in Rugby, and Stasiak, 28, of Blackwood Avenue, Rugby, deny causing or allowing the death of a child, four counts of causing or allowing serious physical harm to a child, two counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration and three counts of cruelty to a person under 16.

Wydrzynska also denies murder.

The court heard Isabella had injuries including a skull fracture, a subdural haemorrhage in her brain, fractured ribs, a broken right arm, multiple bruises and a burn covering her entire…