Overview

• Isabelle Rose Welsh, aged two, was publicly identified after a Middlesbrough court lifted a reporting restriction on Monday.
• Her family paid tribute, describing her as always smiling, fond of Peppa Pig, dummies and dancing, and asked people to share her picture rather than images of the accused.
• Cleveland Police attended a Hartington Close address on 13 September following welfare concerns, and the child died in hospital shortly afterward.
• Alexandra Walker, 25, is charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child, while Harrison Simpson, 21, faces charges of murder, rape and causing or allowing the death of a child.
• The pair appeared via video link at Teesside Crown Court, were remanded, and the case proceeds with no trial date yet set as forensic work and community tributes, including a 200-person vigil, continue.