Seven-year-old ‘was strangled with dressing gown cord’

A wealthy antiques dealer allegedly strangled his seven-year-old daughter to death at their £1 million home, a court heard. Robert Peters, 55, wrapped the cord of a dressing gown around Sophia’s neck and left her critically injured in Raynes Park, southwest London, at around 8am on 3 November, it is claimed. Peters was arrested and charged with attempted murder as doctors battled to save his daughter’s life in hospital. The charge is set to be upgraded to murder after Sophia…