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| Ayesha Ali killing mother and lover found guilty | |
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| A woman and her sadistic lover who created a cyber fantasy world have been convicted of killing her eight-year-old daughter. | |
| Ayesha Ali was found dead in her bedroom with more than 50 injuries in Chadwell Heath, east London, on 29 August 2013. | |
| The girl's mother Polly Chowdhury, 35, and her lover Kiki Muddar, 43, were convicted of manslaughter. | |
| The Old Bailey heard Muddar manipulated Chowdhury through fictitious friends. | |
| Mother's bite mark | |
| The jury was told Muddar, of Green Lane, Ilford, invented a cast of characters on Facebook and in text messages to poison Chowdhury, of Broomfield Road, Chadwell Heath against her daughter. | |
| Post-mortem examinations revealed Ayesha's died as a result of damage to the head from a blow or blows. | |
| Her body was also covered in a range of other injuries including carpet burns and a bite-mark from her mother. | |
| The jury, which retired on February 19, cleared the pair of murder found them guilty of manslaughter by a majority of 10-2 after deliberating for more than 31 hours. |