Murder accused suffered from 'baby blues' says dead tot's Dad
Last updated 25th Oct 2017
The father of tragic toddler Inaya Ahmed told a murder trial jury that his wife never really bonded with the child.
Suleman Ahmed, 31, also claimed that his wife murder accused Sadia Ahmed, 28, suffered “bouts of anger and baby blues.”
Mr Ahmed, 31, was giving evidence at the trial of his wife who denies murdering her 14-month-old daughter Inaya at the family home in Bernisdale Drive, Glasgow, on April 17, last year.
He broke down in tears when he was shown a holiday snap taken just months before Inaya's death.
It showed Ahmed with Inaya during a five-day family holiday to Morocco.
Mr Ahmede was asked by prosecutor Paul Kearney: “Were there issues that concerned you about your wife's care of Inaya,” and he replied: “There was not much bonding between them that was the most important thing.
“She didn't really bond with Inaya. If she feed her at night time she would have a problem getting up in the morning and feeding her.'
In evidence, at the High Court in Glasgow Mr Ahmed claimed that most of the care and feeding of Inaya was done by his sister Shagufta Yasmin and his mother Noor Ahmed.
Mr Ahmed , who works as a door steward, said : “Sadia had no patience feeding Inaya.”
He told the court: “ She wasn't saying things that were making sense and she was crying quite a lot. It was baby blues. Her behaviour was not normal.”
The jury heard that some weeks after the birth Ahmed began re-eancting the birth of Inaya.
Mr Ahmed said: “It was as if she was going through the labour again.”
After that Ahmed spent a number of weeks in Leverndale Hospital in Glasgow having treatment, before being released on medication
Mr Ahmed , who said he is still married to Ahmed, also said that he told her doctors she was suffering 'bouts of anger' and he thought it might be a side effect of the medicine.
He said he made a number of appointments for her as an out-patient at the hospital and added: “It was due to her anger that I made them, because it was a cause for concern.”
Earlier in his evidence Mr Ahmed said that his wife became upset when she realised she was going to have a girl.
He said: “She was in her way disgusted.'
Mr Ahmed told the court that his wife went into hospital for her second scan which reveals the sex of the baby.
He added: “ I couldn't find parking. She came out saying 'we're having a baby girl I don't want a baby girl.'”
The jury heard that Mr Ahmed was working at a pub on the southside of Glasgow on sunday, April 17, last year, and was phoned by a family member said that Inaya was being taken to hospital injured.
He was asked when he got home if he said anything to his wife and replied: “No.”
Mr Ahmed later told the trial his wife confessed to killing their daughter because she was a burden.
Mr Ahmed said: "I asked her if she had killed my daughter Inaya and she said 'yes.'
"I asked her 'why did you kill Inaya' and she said she found her a burden.
"I then asked her how she did it and she told me she used a pillow"
Mr Ahmed claimed the conversation took place in May last year at his brother Babur Ahmed's home at Bernisdale Drive, Drumchapel.
He said that Ahmed was 'completely calm" when she spoke to him.
The court heard that Mr Ahmed never told the police about his wife's alleged confession.
The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.