Mother who strangled daughter in Covid lockdown gets five years

A mother and carer who strangled her five-year-old daughter at home during lockdown was jailed for five years. Slovakian Martina Madarova, 41, was suffering from depression when she throttled Alijah Thomas at her  Ealing home on September 14 last year. Aijah’s father David told the court in a written statement said Ms Madarova was ‘the most innocent person you could meet, she sees the good in everyone and everything.’ ‘I am shocked by what has happened, this is just not…