SHOCKING pictures show the horrendous injuries suffered by a little girl who was allegedly beaten to death by her mum’s boyfriend.

Leiliana Wright, four, died from blunt force trauma to her head and stomach in Grand Prairie, Texas, in March 2016.

Leiliana Wright allegedly suffered horrific abuse at the hands of her mum’s boyfriend

Her mum’s boyfriend, Charles Wayne Phifer, is on trial accused of beating the helpless child to death with a fishing rod before hanging her up in the cupboard with belts.

Horrific images cataloguing her abuse were shown at Phifer’s trial, in what has been described by one cop as “the worst case of abuse” he had ever seen.

The photos show the young child with severe bruising to her face, a black eye, swelling and bruising along her jawline.

In some gut-wrenching images, the four-year-old seems barely able to open one of her eyes due to her injuries.

Images shown at Phifer’s capital murder trial show Leiliana’s injuries

Speaking at Phifer’s capital murder trial yesterday, Grand Prairie police Sgt Brad Makovy spoke of the horrific injuries suffered by Leiliana.

He told the court: “It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen inflicted on a child.”

Medics and cops were reduced to tears outside her hospital room “because she was severely beaten”, a forensic investigator who took snaps of her battered body said.

Marc Krouse, chief deputy medical examiner for Tarrant County, said: “It’s a death of a thousand cuts.”

Just 24 hours before Phifer’s trial began, the girl’s mum Jeri Quezada testified against her ex.

She claims Phifer tied up Leiliana in a closet so she would not be able to sit down, according to NBCDFW.

He allegedly lifted her up by her throat and threw her into the closet with such force that her body left an indentation.

It is claimed he did this because the child has refused to eat – court documents show she had been unwell and vomiting in the days prior to her untimely death.

Charles Phifer faces life in prison without parole if found guilty of murder

The girl’s mum claims Leiliana’s hands had been bound behind her back with electrical wire.

The little girl also had something tied around her waist when she was hung in the dark cupboard where she died, Quezada said.

Pictures taken at the crime scene show a bamboo switch fishing rod at the property, believed to have been used to beat the child to death.

Leiliana’s jeans were also shown to the jury, tangled with three belts.

Jeri Quezada was a convicted felon with a history of child abuse that saw her lose custody of three older children

The girl’s mum told police she had left her daughter in her boyfriend’s care as she was “frustrated” and “needed a break”.

She went out for dinner with her mother, leaving her daughter at home.

When Quezada returned, she claimed she and Phifer used heroin.

She said she then enquired about the whereabouts of her child.

Phifer allegedly responded by confirming the girl was in the closet after she “fell in the shower”.

The child’s mother, who has a history of child abuse, had previously admitted to authorities that she had kicked and slapped her child as discipline.

But when questioned in court as part of Phifer’s murder trial, she claimed to have no memory of telling the police this.

The child was allegedly battered before being hung in a dark cupboard with belts where she died

The child’s plight was raised by her grandmother, who sent a photo of the little girl with a black eye to Child Protective Services.

But despite a visit from a social worker to the family home in February 2016, Leiliana was allowed to remain in the abusive household where she would die weeks later.

The social worker failed to do a background check on the mother, which would have revealed that she was a convicted felon with a history of child abuse that saw her three older children removed from her home.

The caseworker and a supervisor were sacked as a result of Leiliana’s avoidable death.

The child had refused to eat due to sickness and vomiting in the days before her death, a court heard

Giving evidence in court yesterday, Quezada’s mother described how timid and skittish the child was, having lived with her for a few months.

Adeline Carr described her little granddaughter as shy and quiet, who stared at things rather than asking for them verbally.

She claimed the child was frightened of noises and would not leave her bedroom until she was given permission to do so.

Quezada pleaded guilty to felony injury to a child in July 2017.

She is now testifying against Phifer as a part of a plea deal, according to Dallas News.

If convicted, the 36-year-old faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Quezada, faces up to 50 years in custody for her role in the child’s death.

The trial continues.