shanay walker 's death was the culmination of ` repeated acts of cruelty ' at the hands of seventh-day adventist kay-ann morris that included having food shoved in her mouth and being struck on the hands with a hairbrush , a jury was told .
the youngster , who had 50 separate bruises across her body at the time of her death , was found cold and rigid in her bed by paramedics called to the family home in bestwood , nottingham , last july .
the prosecution claim shanay was subject to repeated acts of cruelty at the hands of her aunt and grandmother juanila smikle , until she was eventually killed .