Father accused of ignoring wife killing their baby said couple were ‘stressed by Covid and weren’t getting any help from the community’

A father whose daughter died after a series of fractures said that he and his wife were struggling during Covid and denied he was affected by his religious fasting. Aissatu Barrie suffered multiple rib fractures, a skull fracture and damage to the spine at the hands of Raby Diallo, 26, while father Mohammed Barrie, 37, allegedly turned a blind eye. Aissatu was declared dead at their home in Brixton, southwest London, on 19 May 2020 after Diallo phoned the emergency…