MUDDAR:LESBIAN KILLER HAD WARPED VIEW OF THE WORLD

A lesbian accused of persuading her lover to murder her eight-year-old daughter had such a warped view of the world she did not understand the effect of her actions, the Old Bailey heard.

Kiki Muddar, 43, is accused of inventing fictional characters including a spirit called ‘Skyman’ to poison the mind of partner Polly Chowdhury, 35, against her own child.

Ayesha’s Ali’s lifeless body was found covered in bruises, lying naked, except for a pair of pink knickers, when paramedics were called to the flat in Chadwell Heath, east London.

Henry Blaxland QC, defending Muddar, said his client, who has been diagnosed with a personality disorder, would not be giving evidence ‘in this strange, upsetting and disturbing case’.

‘The majority of the evidence so far has been concerned with the bizarre relationship between Kiki and Polly,’ he said.

‘It is equally important that you have to consider whether Kiki Muddar properly understood the potential consequences of her own actions.

‘Did her personality disorder so distort her perception of the world and so dominate her relationships with other people that she failed to properly, or at all, understand the effect of her conduct.’

Ayesha was found dead at her home in Bedwell Court, Broomfield Road, Chadwell Heath on 29 August 2013.

Muddar called emergency services at around 11.30am that morning, but when paramedics arrived minutes later Ayesha was already dead.

The little girl died of a head injury, but had sustained over 50 injuries in the hours before her death, including bites, carpet burns and bruises.

‘In this case the central issue for you is whether Kiki Muddar did in fact play any part in Ayesha’s death,’ Mr Blaxland told the jury.

‘Our case is that she did not and there is no reliable evidence that she did.’

He added: ‘If she did not play any physical part in the death of Ayesha, if she was not in the flat when it happened, did she encourage Polly to attack Ayesha, insisting Polly should kill Ayesha or cause her really serious injury.’

Mr Blaxland said that even if the jury find Muddar was physically involved in Ayesha’s death she could be found guilty off the lesser charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
 
Chowdhury, of Bedwell Court, Broomfield Road, Chadwell Heath, and Muddar, of Green Lane, Ilford, both deny murder, manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a child.

The trial continues.

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