THE killer of tragic Kelty tot Madison Horn is to launch a bid to overturn his conviction.

Kevin Park (27) was jailed for 22 years last month for the "wicked" murder of the two-year-old at her home on Easter Sunday.

The Scottish Court Service has confirmed that a notice of intention to appeal against the guilty verdict has been lodged.

The Note of Appeal is due to be lodged by 14th January 2015.

Park was supposed to be babysitting Madison while her mum Ann Marie White went to a friend's birthday celebration in Cowdenbeath.

He battered the tot's head off a wall at least twice, punched and stamped on her and prosecutors believe he may have also used a broken pool cue in the violent and sustained attack.

He also grabbed or pinched the ears of tiny Madison, who weighed 13.3kg and was 90.5cm tall, causing horrific bruising.

Her skull was fractured and she suffered internal bleeding and tearing to her liver. In total she had 65 separate injuries.

Sentencing Park at the High Court in Glasgow last month, judge Michael O'Grady said the murder was "wicked beyond all imagining".

He told Park, "No sentence that I can impose can change anything for Madison and those who loved her and from whom she has been taken."