Mother Shakes Daughter to Death | Manchester News

A mother who shook her two-year-old daughter to death will keep her nine-year prison sentence after the Attorney General’s attempt to increase it failed — judges ruled the original punishment was lawful and appropriate given the extreme circumstances, despite acknowledging they might have sentenced her more harshly themselves. The child, Omra Wali Jan, died in February after suffering catastrophic brain injuries and other abuse-related trauma following a fall. Her mother, Morsal Mohammed Naim, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and child cruelty, initially lying to paramedics before admitting to shaking the child. Her husband, also convicted of child cruelty, received a six-year, nine-month sentence. The court heard that the couple, immigrants from Afghanistan struggling with language barriers, faced severe social isolation, a controlling marriage, and low cognitive ability — factors the defense argued mitigated her culpability. Judges upheld the sentence, emphasizing that while tragic, the original term was within legal bounds and accounted for the complexities of the case.

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