A MAN killed his girlfriend’s baby by hitting and shaking her so she wouldn’t grow up to be a “p***y”, a court has heard today.
Unlicensed dog breeder Kamran Haider inflicted catastrophic head injuries on 16-month-old Nusayba Umar in a “fit of temper” or to inflict “punishment”, prosecutors allege.
The tot’s mum Asiyah Amazir called 999 after her daughter was fatally injured on September 13 2019 – but claimed her daughter fell ill on a bus, the Old Bailey heard.
Nusayba, who weighed just 17lb, was taken to hospital and died four days later.
Prosecutor Edward Brown QC said: “Her death was most likely to have been caused by violent shaking – so that her head was thrown back and forwards – but not just shaking as there was evidence of impact as well.
“It was this that caused the very severe brain injury which ultimately killed her.”
Haider lived with his mother in a four-bedroom house in Ilford, north-east London.
Mrs Amazir, from Newham, east London, had met him through a dating website. She moved in to help him breed dogs, jurors heard.
Just over a fortnight before the fatal incident, Nusayba allegedly suffered a separate head injury while in the care of the defendant.
He allegedly said the baby had fallen over in the kitchen while he was in the garden feeding his dogs.
Haider went on to become increasingly threatening towards both mother and child, it was alleged.
He put Nusayba in a corner, hit her on the hand during “time out” and made her adopt various “stress positions”, Mr Brown said.
If Mrs Amazir tried to intervene, he would slap her, jurors were told.
Mr Brown said Haider appeared to justify his behaviour by accusing Mrs Amazir of being too soft, telling her that Nusayba would “grow up to be a p***y”.
On September 13 2019, Mrs Amazir had got up to tend to the dogs when she heard Nusayba crying, jurors heard.
As she headed towards her room, she allegedly heard the defendant say “shut up Nusayba” followed by a slapping sound.
She heard Nusayba “yelp” in response, jurors were told.
Afterwards, the baby did not seem herself although there was no outward sign of injury, the court heard.
At around 5pm, Nusayba began having a fit and Haider allegedly suggested to Mrs Amazir that she take the baby back to her home to “relax”.
Mrs Amazir left and called an ambulance from the bus stop at the end of the road, the court heard.
She incorrectly informed the operator that her daughter started having a fit while on a bus, only later disclosing that she had been scared of the defendant.
By the time paramedics arrived, it was clear the baby was “gravely ill” and was she taken to hospital.
Despite the efforts of medics, her condition did not improve and on September 17 2019, intensive care support was withdrawn and Nusayba died.
Mr Brown told jurors: “Whether in the end it was a severe blow to the head or a severe shaking of her, or both, does not matter for the purposes of this trial of this defendant for her murder and nor do the prosecution have to prove that it was one or the other.
“Either – or both – of course involved a very serious and fatal assault on a defenceless child.
“Make no mistake, it was a terrible assault and it killed Nuseyba.”
Haider denies murder and child cruelty between August 27 and September 13 2019.
The Old Bailey trial continues.
