Baby killer refused bail

Carla-Nicole was repeatedly beaten

A young mother convicted of killing her baby daughter has lost an attempt to be freed on bail while her appeal is heard.

Andrea Bone was jailed for three years last September after she was found guilty of the culpable homicide of Carla-Nicole Bone.

Her partner at the time, Sandy McClure, 27, was jailed for life for the murder of 13-month-old Nicole whom he had repeatedly abused.

The 20-year-old had faced the unusual charge of murdering her daughter Nicole by failing to protect her, but was convicted of the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

She has since launched an appeal against her conviction and sentence and had hoped to be released from prison on bail.

But in a brief hearing in private at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday the judge, Lord Hardie, rejected the move.

Ms Bone was jailed in October 2002 following a High Court trial in Stonehaven.

The violent behaviour towards the baby took place at a cottage near Huntly in Aberdeenshire.

McClure threw the youngster against a wall and knocked her head on the floor several times on the day she died.