THE family of Star Hobson can no longer say the name of the Keighley toddler's murderer - but refer to her as "the monster", a national news outlet has reported.

The devastating attack on a defenceless toddler caused catastrophic, unsurvivable abdominal injuries.

Savannah Brockhill, 28, of Hawthorn Close, Keighley, was found guilty of murdering the 16-month-old, in a violent attack at a flat in Wesley Place, Keighley.

Frankie Smith, 20, of Wesley Place, Keighley, Star's mother, was found guilty of causing or allowing the death of her daughter.

Star's family no longer say the name of the toddler's killer, she is simply referred to as "the monster".

Speaking about the events leading to her niece's murder, Star's aunt, Alicia Szepler, told Sky News how she tried to flag up a warning that the toddler was at risk, but was left feeling "no one was listening to me".

She said: "The day that it happened, I knew it wasn't an accident.

"I knew that I was right, and they should have listened."

Three months before the murder, Ms Szepler claimed she reported her sister to social services and then later to the police after growing increasingly concerned for the child's welfare.

Ms Szepler has shown Sky News an email she sent to the police, with images of Star's bruised face and testimony in text messages from another sister that she had seen Smith "slap her across the face".

She says the police never got back to her, and she had similar fruitless exchanges with social services.

Ms Szepler now says she wishes she had taken things into her own hands.

She said: "I was just angry, every day, because no one was listening to me. I felt like all I could have done was taken her and run off with her."

Ms Szepler gave evidence against her sister in court. Although they were once best friends, she said of her sister: "I just can't ever speak to her again.

"I was literally screaming at Frankie, 'You don't have to be with that girl, we can call the police, we can get a restraining order.' I don't know if she didn't believe me, or she didn't want to.

"I just feel angry because I think if that was me, if that was my child, I would have got away. I would have got out of that situation, no matter what.

"So, I can't forgive that."