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| Ayesha Ali: Mother and her girlfriend found guilty of manslaughter of eight-year-old | |
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| A couple have been found guilty of the manslaughter of eight-year-old Ayesha Ali. | |
| The girl’s mother, 35-year-old Polly Chowdhury, and her girlfriend, 43-year-old Kiki Muddar, were found guilty at the Old Bailey, where they had been on trial for murder. | |
| Both women had denied being responsible for Ayesha's death. | Both women had denied being responsible for Ayesha's death. |
| The little girl was found dead at their home in Chadwell Heath on 29 August 2013, after Mudda called 999 claiming that Chowdhury had tried to kill herself and was in the bath and that the child was dead. | The little girl was found dead at their home in Chadwell Heath on 29 August 2013, after Mudda called 999 claiming that Chowdhury had tried to kill herself and was in the bath and that the child was dead. |
| Paramedics discovered the body of Ayesha "cold and stiff" lying along the side of her bed dressed only in a pair of pink pants. | Paramedics discovered the body of Ayesha "cold and stiff" lying along the side of her bed dressed only in a pair of pink pants. |
| She was covered in more than 40 injuries, including a bite mark and carpet burns, but the cause of death was found to be a head injury, the court heard. | She was covered in more than 40 injuries, including a bite mark and carpet burns, but the cause of death was found to be a head injury, the court heard. |
| The jury was told that Ayesha's mother, Chowdhury, had left a series of notes, appearing to admit to the killing saying: “I have taken my life and Ayesha's life.” | The jury was told that Ayesha's mother, Chowdhury, had left a series of notes, appearing to admit to the killing saying: “I have taken my life and Ayesha's life.” |
| But during the course of the investigation, police discovered that Muddar had created a set of alter egos on Facebook and phone texts through which she allegedly controlled and seduced Chowdhury. | But during the course of the investigation, police discovered that Muddar had created a set of alter egos on Facebook and phone texts through which she allegedly controlled and seduced Chowdhury. |
| Muddar expressed her hatred for the innocent child in a series of phone calls and texts of which she kept copies and even pretended to have cancer, blaming Ayesha for making her condition worse, the court heard. | Muddar expressed her hatred for the innocent child in a series of phone calls and texts of which she kept copies and even pretended to have cancer, blaming Ayesha for making her condition worse, the court heard. |
| Muddar, who did not give evidence, says she stayed at her parents' house on the night the little girl died. | Muddar, who did not give evidence, says she stayed at her parents' house on the night the little girl died. |
| And Chowdhury told the court that Muddar was giving her a cold bath as punishment for wetting herself while she was on her computer in the living room at the time Ayesha received her fatal injury. | And Chowdhury told the court that Muddar was giving her a cold bath as punishment for wetting herself while she was on her computer in the living room at the time Ayesha received her fatal injury. |
| Additional reporting by Press Association | Additional reporting by Press Association |