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Man on steroids beat girl to death

Saturday 05 March 1994 00:02 GMT
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A man who battered to death his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter while under the influence of steroids and alcohol was yesterday jailed for life.

Natasha Murray, of Warrington, Cheshire, died from internal bleeding after suffering a fractured skull and a ruptured liver.

Mold Crown Court was told that Brendan Byrne, 27, a nightclub bouncer on steroids to help his boxing and rugby, left her in bed to die. He admitted murder.

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