A jealous killer who beat his girlfriend's defenceless toddler daughter to death will serve at least 20 years behind bars.
Kamran Haider resented the attention 16-month-old Nusayba Bint-Umar received from her mum, and was heard slapping her hours before she became gravely ill on September 13, 2019.
The tot was rushed to hospital by her mum, Asiyah Amazir, who had only been in a relationship with the killer for five weeks.
Despite "extensive" efforts made by medical staff, Nusayba died four days later, reports MyLondon.
Haider, 39, from Ilford, East London, has a history of violence towards women and had previously abused a former partner's toddler.
Despite denying all charges, he was found guilty of murder and cruelty to a child under the age of 16 by an Old Bailey jury following a three-week trial.
Today he was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years.
Judge Cheema-Grubb said: “It was not an accident, it was a gross breach of trust by an adult against a defenceless baby.”
She went on to say: “It was clear he was physically engaged with Nusayba, this is likely the time she sustained the injuries from which she died.
Kamran Haider didn’t tell Ms Amazir what he had done, although if she had obtained medical help earlier, it is unlikely the outcome would have been different.”
She noted that Nusayba’s mum was scared of Haider due to his “bullying and intimidating actions towards her” and he had caused “long-term psychological harm” to her and her family.
"He resented the attention Nusbaya needed from her mother. I have no doubt that he had punished Nusayba harshly and had assaulted her on more than one occasion.”
She added that whilst she noted that Haider had “no intention to kill” to the infant, he was aware of her previous head injuries and had intended to cause serious harm to the little girl.
Illegal puppy breeder Haider had met Ms Amazir on an online dating website on previous August 5 the same year and quickly moved into her four-bed home in Colinton Road.
This was done to help assist with his dog breeding business.
On August 28, Ms Amazir received a phone call from Haider while she was at a nail salon and he told her Nusayba had fallen in the kitchen and injured her head.
After rushing home, she became concerned over the "large bump" on her daughter's face, and decided to call an ambulance.
She told jurors that Haider became aggressive, pushing her against the wall and threatening "I'm a ruthless motherf***er" after she told him she was going to call 999.
Instead, she took a taxi to Newham General Hospital and Nusayba was treated for a "large area of swelling and bruising over her right eye".
Despite a safeguarding concern being raised, she was discharged the following day and Ms Amazir returned to Haider's house, to continue helping him with the dogs.
Whilst she had become aware that her boyfriend was "jealous" of the attention she gave her daughter, she still did not believe him capable of physically harming Nusayba at this point.
Over the next few weeks, Haider subjected the 16-month-old to cruel punishments, which included forcing the toddler to squat in the corner for up to 40 minutes in various "stress" positions.
He became easily annoyed if Nusayba cried and when Ms Amazir attempted to intervene, he would become physically aggressive and tell her she was "too soft" on the little girl.
On the morning of September 13, Ms Amazir overheard Haider "slapping" her daughter in the bedroom, whilst telling her to "shut up".
Shortly afterwards, she heard the toddler making a "strange yelping noise", and from then onwards, Nusayba was no longer herself.
She refused to drink from her bottle and at around 5pm, she began to suffer a seizure.
Ms Amazir left Haider's house and dialled 999 from a bus stop down the road, where it became apparent to paramedics that the infant was gravely unwell.
She was rushed to hospital with a “severe and life-threatening head injury”, but despite the best efforts of medics, life support was removed four days later.
Nusayba tragically passed away from her "catastrophic" brain injuries on September 17 and Haider was arrested and charged with her murder.
