Two women accused of murdering Liam Fee bought the tragic toddler a Happy Meal on the day he died, according to the nine-year-old boy they allegedly blamed for the killing.
Rachel Fee, 28, and her civil partner Nyomi, 32, took the two and a half year-old in his buggy to McDonald’s in Glenrothes along with two other boys in their care.
One of the youngsters made the claim in an interview played to the jury at the High Court in Livingston.
The boy – gave details of what he said happened at the house he was sharing with Liam, the two accused and another boy the same age – on Saturday 22 March, 2014, before a 999 call saying that little Liam was dead.
Interviewed by a police officer and a social worker at Roxburgh Road social work office in Glenrothes two days later, the youngster said he and the other youngster had played with Liam in a bedroom after having their dinner.
He said Liam, who fed himself soup and bread in his high chair while they ate on the floor, was then picked up by “Auntie Ny” (Nyomi Fee) and taken through to his bedroom.
The jury heard him say: “Auntie Ny came in and said it was time for Liam’s nap, that it was bedtime.
“He was half awake but then he was closing his eyes when she was carrying him.
“When she put Liam in his bed. He’d fallen asleep.”
Asked what Liam was wearing he answered: “His jammies. Ny put them on in his room before dinner.”
Asked what happened next, he told the interviewers: “I get into the police car and come here.”
“Who phoned the police?,” the police officer asked. “Nobody,” he said, “the police came to the door to talk to me.”
Both accused deny murder, attempting to defeat the ends of justice and a catalogue of charges alleging the wilfully neglect Liam and two other boys who cant be named for legal reasons.
The trial, before Lord Burns, continues.
