A MAN today claimed his wife told him their granddaughter was killed by her mother.
Afzal Ahmed, 73, was giving evidence at the trial of his daughter-in-law Sadia Ahmed, 28, who denies murdering her 14-month-old daughter Inaya by placing a cushion over her face or seizing hold of her and shaking her.
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The offence is alleged to have been committed on April 17, last year, at Bernisdale Drive, Glasgow.
Inaya was on a life support machine for three days at the Royal Hospital for Children, before being pronounced dead.
Prosecutor Paul Kearney asked Mr Ahmed what had happened on the morning of April 17, last year.
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He replied: “Just before 11am, my wife was holding Inaya against her left shoulder. She was screaming and crying and she said: ‘Sadia has killed Inaya’.”
Mr Ahmed added: “I jumped off the bed and took Inaya off her and gave her to my daughter, Shagufta.
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“Her lips were blue and she was dead.”
Mr Ahmed agreed that he was questioned three times by police and never told them about what he claimed his wife said to him.
The trial continues.
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