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Kill Total: |
1 |
Kill place: |
Birmingham |
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Kill date: |
2008 |
Victim(s): |
Khyra Ishaq |
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Date of Birth: |
1975 |
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Saturday 17th May 2008,
Khyra Ishaq weighed just
2st 9lb (16.5kg) when paramedics found her emaciated and
barely alive at her home in Handsworth, Birmingham. She
died later in hospital.
Monday 18th May 2008,
The girls mother Angela Gordon and her partner Abuhamza
appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court to face
charges of neglect. They are remanded in custody.
Thursday 28th May 2008,
Gordon and Abuhamza appear in court via video link
accused of causing or allowing Khyra's death.
13th August 2008,
The CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) charges the pair
with Khyra's murder.
Thursday 5th June 2009,The
first trial for Gordon and Abuhamza begins at Birmingham
Crown Court. Jurors are told that UK doctors had rarely
seen such a severe case of malnutrition.
Sunday 29th June 2009, The trial is halted after
three jury members were discharged for personal reasons.
Tuesday 19th January
2010, Trial starts at Birmingham crown court.
The jury, which was
informed that the case is a retrial, has been told that
Mr Abuhamza, also of Leyton Road, has pleaded guilty to
five counts of cruelty.
Jurors also heard that five other children, who were
also in the defendants' care, were "similarly starved"
and assaulted.
Thursday 25th February
2010, Angela Gordon was cleared of murder but was
found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of
diminished responsibility. She admitted five counts of
child cruelty at Birmingham Crown Court.
Her partner Junaid
Abuhamza, had already admitted the girl's manslaughter.
prosecutor Timothy Raggatt,
QC,
Birmingham Crown Court
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