A mother has been jailed for killing her 11-month-old daughter while keeping her in miserable conditions, “surrounded by faecal walls,” police said.
Nafahat Jamal died of a chest infection after weeks of neglect by Fortune Jamal in his apartment in Brent Park, London.
The 25-year-old man conducted a series of searches on the Internet, including “I can’t handle my child anymore” and “I want to give up my child” in early 2019, jurors were told during a trial of Harrow.
She knew that Nafahat was not well with a “very high temperature” and had a poor appetite, but she was unable to take her to a doctor, the court heard.
Visitors in the weeks before the baby’s death remember that her crib was broken and the Kingfisher Way apartment is full of boxes for the home, dirty dishes and diapers.
On February 22, social services visited the property after a babysitter expressed concerns.
However, they warned Jamal before their visit and when they arrived, they found that the apartment was clean and the situation had improved.
A second visit to social services, without prior notice, was scheduled for March 13, the day of Nafahat’s death.
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When paramedics were called to the property by a neighbor at 12:24 p.m., Jamal told them she had found her daughter’s body after dreaming the baby had “stopped breathing.”
Jamal was charged with one charge of causing Nafahat’s death through negligence, two counts of child abuse against her daughter and a third charge of child abuse against another child.
Last month, a jury found her guilty on all four counts after nearly nine hours of deliberation.
Jamal was sentenced to five years and six months in Harrow’s court on Friday, Scotland Yard reported.
DCI’s Madeleine Ryder, a senior Met investigator, said Jamal went out partying only days before Nafahat’s death and “clearly put her social life above her baby’s basic needs.”
He added: “This is an absolutely tragic case that led to the unnecessary death of an innocent baby.
“She died of an illness that was very treatable if Jamal had bothered to seek medical help.
“What’s even more painful is that her GP’s operation was less than 70 meters from where she died and could be seen from the window of Nafahat’s bedroom, so the help was very helpful. easily accessible.”
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