A MOTHER accused of murdering her 14-month-old daughter wanted a son, a court was told today (Wednesday).

Shagufta Yasmin, 45, told the High Court in Glasgow that 28-year-old Sadia Ahmed “cried a lot” when she discovered she was expecting a girl and spoke about having an abortion.

Mrs Yasmin was giving evidence at the trial of Ahmed who denies murdering her daughter Inaya at the family home at Bernisdale Drive, Drumchapel on April 17, 2016.

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Inaya was pronounced dead at the Royal Hospital for Children on April 20, 2016.

Mrs Yasmin, who was Inaya’s aunt, told prosecutor Paul Kearney: "When Sadia discovered she was going to have a daughter she wasn't happy. She cried a lot. She used to say she wanted a son, not a daughter.

"She said she wanted an abortion. We said, ‘Have faith in God and he might give her a son next time’.

"We said, ‘If you wish to have an abortion, that’s your decision. But we’re happy with whatever it is.’”

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Mrs Yasmin claimed the day Inaya died she spoke to Ahmed in her bedroom after they had returned from the hospital.

She said: “I asked Sadia, ‘Tell me how you killed Inaya’. Initially she said, ‘It is between me and Allah’.”

The witness then added: “She didn't tell me how she did it.”

The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.