Man charged with assaulting daughter found guilty after judge-alone trial
Stuff David Sciascia, also known as Rawiri Sciascia, stood trial in March for causing grievous bodily harm to his daughter. (File photo) The next morning, October 8, 2019, she was found in that bed in a lifeless state. An autopsy found she had a fractured skull and had suffered blunt force trauma to her head. He was not charged with killing the girl, as the cause of death could not be determined. Sciascia appeared at a two-day judge-alone trial in March before Judge Bridget Mackintosh. During the trial police prosecutor Steve Manning told the judge that Sciascia and a teenaged relat...
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