THE grandmother of a tragic toddler claimed that the girl's mother confessed to killing her.

Noor Ahmed, 63, claimed in evidence that she heard her daughter-in-law Sadia Ahmed tell her that she had put 14-month-old Inaya to sleep for forever.

But, defence QC Ian Duguid accused her of lying and said: “Sadia Ahmed never said that,” and Mrs Ahmed replied: “I'm not lying. I wouldn't swear on the holy book and lie.”

She was giving evidence for a second day at the trial of Ahmed, 27, from Glasgow, who denies murdering her daughter Inaya Ahmed at Bernisadale Drive, Glasgow.

The prosecution alleges that Anaya was assaulted by her mother on April 17, 2016 and died in the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow three days later.

The court heard that in police statements given on April 17 and May 4, last year Mrs Ahmed never mentioned anything about a confession.

In them she described Ahmed as a good mother and stated: “She had Inaya in her arms. She wasn't moving and her lips were blue. She was saying “Baby is not breathing.' I said 'What have you done to her' and took the baby from her.

“I don't remember if it was me or Sadia or my daughter Shagufta was patting on her back and we were rubbing her feet. I was screaming and and I said: “The baby's not breathing.'

Mr Duguid suggested that that was the true version of what happened and Mrs Ahmed replied: “No I lied about that. I lied to the police because it was such a traumatic event.”

The jury at the High Court in Glasgow heard that on May 4, 2016, Shagufta Yasmin, who was Inaya's aunt, went to the police and confessed to killing her.

Mr Duguid said: “ Shagufta had on May 4, 2016 confessed to killing Inaya,” and Mrs Ahmed replied: “Shagufta could never do something like that. I don't know why she said she had done it.”

The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.