A mother accused of shaking her 10-week-old daughter to death was not attempting to revive her with CPR when paramedics arrived, a court heard.

Mother Lauren Saint George, 25, who is on trial for murder with father Darren Hurrell, also 25, told police she was trying to be the 'best mum' she could be.

Their baby daughter Lily-Mai Saint George died from a serious head injury and also suffered 18 rib fractures, two fractures in her leg and severe bruising.

Saint George claimed her daughter 'had this thing where she bruises really easily', when questioned by police about her injuries, the court heard.

When paramedics arrived at the scene at their home in Haringey, London Lily-Mai was 'floppy' and an officer noted that both parents were 'sat away from her'.

Lily-Mai was born prematurely in November 2017 and spent the first two months of her life in Barnet Hospital, before she was discharged into her parents' care on January 25 2018.

Saint George and Hurrell had been homeless for several years and staff had tried to stop them taking Lily-Mai home, believing they were incapable of looking after her, jurors have heard.

The baby died at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital on February 2 2018, after being found unresponsive by her parents at their home in Belmont Road, Haringey, two days earlier.

Baby Lily-Mai was released into the care of her parents before she died against the advice of hospital staff.

The parents both deny murder, manslaughter, causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a person under 16 years old.

In her police interview on April 15 2018, Saint George said she felt misjudged by social services.

She said: 'I felt like they were automatically suggesting that I wasn't good enough, that I instantly needed support no matter what.

'They thought I was neglecting her. They said I was neglecting her and not doing the things I should have been.'

Saint George explained that she needed assistance because of her depression but was reluctant to seek support.

She said she found it difficult to adjust after she was taken off anti-depressants during her pregnancy.'

Saint George said she felt like she didn't neglect Lily-Mai but added: 'Honestly, I did need help at times because my depression would get the better of me.

'I wanted to fight this on my own, be the best mum I could be.

'If I ever felt overwhelmed, I would remove myself and calm down and then I would come back and cuddle her [Lily] and try to tend to anything she wanted.'

Questioned by police as to how Lily became bruised, Saint George said: 'She could have got that from me. I wake up with bruises all the time. I don't know what it's called but she has this thing where she bruises really easily.'

She denied ever shaking her baby and said she would never harm her child.

When she found out she was pregnant with Lily-Mai she was 'over the moon' and she 'didn't want anything bad to happen to her.'