Mother ‘snuffed out child’s life’

A mother accused of murdering her toddler daughter was “solely responsible” for the death of the child, a court has been told.

The High Court in Glasgow yesterday heard prosecution claims that Sadia Ahmed “calmly snuffed out the life” of Inaya Ahmed last year.

Advocate Depute Paul Kear- ney made the statements as he asked the jury to return a guilty verdict against the accused.

Ahmed,28,isontrialaccused of smothering 14-month-old Inaya by placing a pillow over her face, or by other means, at their home in Glasgow’s Drumchapel area on 17 April, 2016. The child died in hospital three days later. Ahmed denies the charge. In his closing speech, Mr Kearney told the jury: “On the 17th of April 2016, Inaya Ahmed, a beautiful 14-monthold child, stopped breathing and never breathed again on her own. There were valiant efforts of paramedics and doctors that got her heart beating again but she never again began breathing. The effect of the loss of blood and the loss of oxygen to her brain caused irreversible damage and caused her death.”

The trial continues.