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| Couple jailed for toddler killing | Couple jailed for toddler killing |
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| A mother and her partner have been jailed after being found guilty of killing her two-year-old daughter who had suffered more than 100 injuries. | A mother and her partner have been jailed after being found guilty of killing her two-year-old daughter who had suffered more than 100 injuries. |
| Zahbeena Navsarka, 21, of Riddings Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of Sanam Navsarka. | Zahbeena Navsarka, 21, of Riddings Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of Sanam Navsarka. |
| Her partner Subhan Anwar, 21, was jailed for life for the murder, with a minimum sentence of 23 years. | |
| Bradford Crown Court heard the girl died with fractures to all her limbs. | Bradford Crown Court heard the girl died with fractures to all her limbs. |
| Navsarka was cleared of the murder of her daughter, but a jury found she was guilty of the child's manslaughter following a five-week trial. | Navsarka was cleared of the murder of her daughter, but a jury found she was guilty of the child's manslaughter following a five-week trial. |
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| The court heard how "vulnerable and defenceless" Sanam deteriorated over four weeks and died in severe pain. | |
| Prosecutors said the youngster deteriorated "from a normal, happy child to one in severe pain, unable to walk and suffering regular fits". | |
| The jury of six men and six women were told on the day of her death, the defendants left Sanam alone and dying while they went to register with their GP. | |
| The court heard how tiny handprints and bloodstains were found inside cupboards at the home in Huddersfield and at a former property on Howley Walk, in Batley. | |
| Anwar, who was not Sanam's father, admitted to police after his arrest that he put the girl in the cupboard as a punishment and said Navsarka punished her in the same way. | |
| When the couple were interviewed by police after Sanam's death, they blamed each other for the injuries the child had suffered and both claimed to be frightened of the other. | |
| The court heard Sanam was found to have 107 separate external injuries when she died. | |
| Both her thigh bones had been fractured, causing fatty deposits to enter her bloodstream and resulting in her death and she had fractures to both her arms. | |
| The couple claimed Sanam had stopped breathing after they left her alone in the bath for 10 minutes and returned to find her under the water. |