By all accounts, she was a happy, outgoing two-year-old who loved to dance, before she died after allegedly being stomped on.

The girl, whom the State Coroner, Judge Ian Gray, has called TH, had a four-year-old brother and a one-year-old sister.

Her parents separated on May 26, 2004, and the mother, who was aged 27, retained custody of the three children. They lived in a two-bedroom flat in Maidstone.

During the last few months of her life, TH saw her mother in a number of relationships with other men. TH was "clingy" with her mother and constantly craved attention.

At the time of her death, the child was walking and being toilet-trained.