118:. Brockhill was violent towards Smith on at least two occasions during that month and at one point Brockhill told an acquaintance that she had considered driving them both off a cliff. Social services closed their case on Star at about this time but it was reopened in May when her grandmother learned that Brockhill had been using wrestling moves to restrain the toddler with no intervention from Smith. Other referrals, including by Star's father, were made in June and the girl was given a medical examination, but the case was again closed the next month. The case was briefly reopened again after a referral by Star's grandfather but closed when her bruising was explained as being due to a fall. Later that month, CCTV footage captured Brockhill assaulting the child at her workplace in a
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