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| Mikaeel Kular: Mother Rosdeep appears in court over murder | Mikaeel Kular: Mother Rosdeep appears in court over murder |
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| The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has made her first public appearance in court accused of his murder in January. | The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has made her first public appearance in court accused of his murder in January. |
| Rosdeep Adekoya, 34, is accused of beating Mikaeel over a four-day period. | Rosdeep Adekoya, 34, is accused of beating Mikaeel over a four-day period. |
| She is also accused of putting his body in a suitcase and burying it in woodland at a house in Kirkcaldy, Fife. | She is also accused of putting his body in a suitcase and burying it in woodland at a house in Kirkcaldy, Fife. |
| The High Court in Edinburgh heard she is accused of phoning 999 to report him missing, knowing he was dead. There will be a further hearing on 25 July. | |
| Mrs Adekoya, who is appearing under her married name, did not enter a plea during the three-minute hearing. | Mrs Adekoya, who is appearing under her married name, did not enter a plea during the three-minute hearing. |
| She was dressed in black, wore glasses and sat beside two security officers. She showed no emotion. | She was dressed in black, wore glasses and sat beside two security officers. She showed no emotion. |
| Mrs Adekoya, originally of Drylaw, Edinburgh, was said to have claimed that Mikaeel disappeared from her home in Edinburgh in January. | Mrs Adekoya, originally of Drylaw, Edinburgh, was said to have claimed that Mikaeel disappeared from her home in Edinburgh in January. |
| Hundreds of members of the local community helped police search for the three-year-old in the two days before his body was discovered 20 miles away in woodland in Fife. | Hundreds of members of the local community helped police search for the three-year-old in the two days before his body was discovered 20 miles away in woodland in Fife. |
| The Crown, prosecuting, alleged Mrs Adekoya beat Mikaeel on various occasions between 12 and 15 January, struck his body against a hard object and inflicted blunt force trauma injuries to his head and body. | The Crown, prosecuting, alleged Mrs Adekoya beat Mikaeel on various occasions between 12 and 15 January, struck his body against a hard object and inflicted blunt force trauma injuries to his head and body. |
| She was also accused of failing to seek medical attention and murdering him. | She was also accused of failing to seek medical attention and murdering him. |
| The Crown said she wrapped Mikaeel in a duvet, put his body in a suitcase and drove him to a house in Fife where the family used to live with a relative and buried him in woodland there. | The Crown said she wrapped Mikaeel in a duvet, put his body in a suitcase and drove him to a house in Fife where the family used to live with a relative and buried him in woodland there. |