Mum accused of beating her 5-year-old to death charged to court

According to the Mirror UK, a mum accused of beating her three-year-old son to death over a four-day period will appear in court today.

Mother-of-five Rosdeep Kular is alleged to have repeatedly struck Mikaeel on the head and body and then failed to get medical help for him.

The 34-year-old is also accused of wrapping his body in a duvet cover and transported it in a suitcase from the family home in Edinburgh to woods in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Kular, indicted under her married surname of Adekoya, is alleged to have tried to cover up the murder by claiming Mikaee, had wandered from home in the middle of the night.

Kular, who is on remand at Cornton Vale prison, will appear for a preliminary hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Thousands of people joined the search for Mikaeel after he was reported missing from his home in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, on January 16 this year.

But their hopes were dashed when his body was found 30 miles away in Kirkcaldy, on the second day of the search.

The first charge against Kular states she assaulted her son between January 12 and 15 at their flat.

It states that she inflicted blunt force injuries by repeatedly seizing hold of him, punching him on the head and body and by causing his body to strike against a hard object.

A second charge alleges she took steps to conceal her crime in a bid to defeat the ends of justice.

The indictment further claims that she made a 999 call to the emergency services and told police Mikaeel had got out by climbing on a stool to open a door.

It concludes that she did all the above, sparking a police investigation and major search for Mikaeel also involving the fire service, Coastguard, mountain rescue, air support and the public when “the truth being, as you well knew, that he was dead”.

 

Source: mirror.co.uk