Accused toddler killer claims she fell off a kitchen worktop

A father accused of murdering his toddler daughter claimed he heard a ‘bang’ after leaving her on a kitchen worktop, a court heard. Rejwanul Islam, 25, allegedly inflicted a fatal head injury to two-year-old Mariyah Islam at their home in Euston, north London, on 2 March 2016. Jurors heard Islam failed to call an ambulance for little Mariyah, despite living a few minutes away from University College Hospital. Islam’s wife Ritah Begom was in hospital with Mariyah’s baby brother at…