THE circumstances of the death of a 13-month-old Barrow girl nearly three years ago can now at least be partially revealed, the Court of Appeal has ruled. 

The death of Poppi Worthington has remained shrouded in mystery, but three appeal judges yesterday ruled that findings made by a High Court family judge should be made public. 

The judges had been asked to overturn a decision by Mr Justice Peter Jackson earlier this month to publish a redacted version of the fact-finding judgment he first delivered in private in March 2014. 

The family judge said the time had come for ''as much information as possible'' to be placed in the public domain about the death of the youngster. 

The decision comes at the start of a further related hearing. But the officially-appointed Children's Guardian challenged his decision, saying that the revealing of the information to the press and media could harm the interests of Poppi's siblings. 

The appeal court ruled that "limited publication of the March 2014 judgement is not wrong in principle". 

However, Lord Justice McFarlane, sitting with Lady Justice Macur and Lady Justice King, said the Children's Guardian appeal succeeded to the limited extent that further redactions must be made to remove certain medical evidence. 

The judge said the aim was to "inform the public of the baseline circumstances of the case" as the new hearing gets under way. 

The Children's Guardian had also argued there should be no daily reporting of the case in view of the potential harm daily publicity could cause Poppi's siblings, and that the press and media should await a fresh judgment. 

Lord Justice McFarlane said there was "a substantial feeling of unease" in the appeal court about the plan for daily reporting by accredited reporters, "but we are not able to say that the judge was wrong in allowing these unusual facilities to be put in place in this case". 

However, no reporting could take place until "the ground rules" had been firmly established at the opening of the hearing, he said.