Kefu Ikamanu has pleaded not guilty in the New Zealand High Court at Auckland to the murder of his daughter Seini Unaloto Ikamanu, causing grievous bodily harm by breaking the girl's shoulder, and injuring with intent to injure by breaking her pelvis.

Crown prosecutor Phil Hamlin told the jury that Ikamanu hauled Seini against a wall and then stomped on her because she never smiled at him.

She received fatal injuries as a result of the incident 21 days before her third birthday.

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