Sanam Navsarka murder trial: Mum's sister gives evidence

Jan 16 2009 by David Himelfield, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THE SISTER of a mother accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter told a court the toddler could not walk.

Marriya Zaman yesterday told Bradford Crown Court that her niece Sanam Navsarka had been unable to move her legs days before her death.

Sanam’s mother Zabheena Navsarka and her fiancee Subhan Anwar, both 21, of Riddings Road, Deighton, deny murder.

Navsarka admits failing to protect her daughter. Anwar denies causing or allowing the death of a child.

Sanam died, aged two years and four months, from complications resulting from untreated broken legs on May 8.

She had sustained 107 injuries before her death, including broken arms.

Defending Anwar, counsel Gilbert Gray QC asked: “Did you notice anything about her when she didn’t seem able to walk?”

Miss Zaman, 19, replied: “Yes. She had a bruise of her knee and leg.”