Father who killed his baby girl is jailed for life

A DAD who murdered his 10-monthold daughter after her crying woke him up in a ‘fit of temper’ has been jailed for life.

Aiman Abbas Toor was killed at the hands of her father Ali Zain, 25, in November 2019, in a ‘brutal and deliberate’ act.

Prosecutors said that in a ‘fit of temper’ Zain killed Aiman, who died from asphyxia. He then repeatedly lied about how she died and came up with a ‘fantasy story’ to align with medical evidence, Manchester Crown Court heard. The prosecution suggested he deliberately smothered or ‘crushed’ Aiman, causing fatal injuries.

Two ‘elite’ pathologists with 60 years of experience between them said they’d never encountered the ‘exceptional’ injuries Aiman suffered. She sustained petechial haemorrhages, bleeding under the skin which revealed themselves as red spots on her face.

Aiman had been dropped off at the family home in Crompton Street, Farnworth, and Zain was left to look after her while his wife, Sahar Toor, went to work at the Holiday Inn Express near the Trafford Centre.

Zain had returned home just before 2.30pm after an early shift working at a Subway store. Aiman was dead by 6.30pm on November 1, 2019. Zain is the only person who knows exactly what happened in between those hours prior to her death in their home in Bolton.

After the fatal attack, Zain lied to paramedics, his wife and police. Initially he claimed that they had both fallen down the stairs. He later said that he’d been woken up by Aiman crying and decided to put a quilt over her face for ‘no more than two minutes’ to try to make her stop.

When she stopped, he thought she’d gone back to sleep and only later discovered she was unresponsive. Zain later said that he’d lied as he in was in a panic, and because in Pakistan the police ‘torture and beat you.’

Zain admitted responsibility for her death but said it was an accident and denied acting unlawfully, but was unanimously found guilty of her murder by a jury.

Mitigating, Mohammed Nawas QC said his client ‘feels a huge regret’ which was ‘genuine and real, almost palpable.’ “He has caused immense distress to his family – he is himself a broken man,” he said.

“His life, marriage and future lie in ruins. There is no suggestion this was premeditated. Most of all he wishes to speak, through me, of the regret, remorse and shame for doing what he did and putting his family through what he has. He is deeply regretful.”

Zain, of Crompton Street, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years and six months, less the 271 days he spent on remand. Mug shots of defendants are released by police following sentencing. GMP said it did not have an image of Zain on file.