Sentenced: Gravesend Dad Jailed For Bashing Adoptive Daughter's Head Against A Wall

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A dad from Gravesend has been jailed for life with a minimum of 23 years after her murdering his adopted daughter by “bashing her head against a wall”.

The victim, two, suffered a skull fracture caused by Jan Gholami, 33, at their home on Oak Road.

The girl was taken to hospital on May 27 2020 and died two days later.

Prosecutor Sally Howes KC had said the father of four took out his “bad temper” on the girl and bashed her head against a wall.

Gholami’s wife, Roqia Ghulami, was cleared of murder during the trial but was also found guilty of child neglect unanimously by the jury.

The 32-year-old woman was sentenced to two years in prison.

The girl’s cause of death was given as a severe head injury and skull fracture by Professor Charles Mangham, an osteoarticular pathologist.

Jurors were told Gholami, originally from Afghanistan, came to the UK in January 2016 while Ghulami was still in Afghanistan with their children.

The couple adopted the girl in 2017 after Gholami’s friendfelt unable to look after her after his wife died in childbirth.

This happened when Ghulami was in Afghanistan and the adoption was approved by village elders.

In January 2019, Gholami applied for asylum for Ghulami from the UK, and she arrived with the children to join him.

Gravesend girl, 2, murdered by adoptive dad who bashed her head against wall

A dad from Gravesend has been jailed for life with a minimum of 23 years after her murdering his adopted daughter by “bashing her head against a…

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Zahra Ghulami

 

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He thought that because he lived in Gravesend that he could send his baby girl to her grave! His fellow inmates will gladly return the favor.

 

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Who would think that a man from a misogynistic culture would beat women and girl children

The court also heard evidence of alleged domestic abuse by Gholami against Ghulami, with a neighbour claiming she saw Gholami punch Ghulami in the face outside their home.

Jurors heard how Ghulami told a police officer and social worker in June 2019 that he beat her, sometimes by slapping her or banging her head against a wall, and she was scared he would kill her.

Gholami denied hurting his wife, and also denied allegations of inflicting older injuries on Zahra before her death.

They included that he banged her head against the wall and fractured her skull on an earlier occasion.

Prosecutor Ms Howes said: “Because this is what you do.

“You bang people’s heads against walls.

“Because you’ve done this before and Zahra had survived, you just walked away and went to Tesco.”

Ms Howes had said there was a “rivalry” between Zahra and Gholami’s “favourite son” and suggested the children had squabbled before the Tesco trip about going for ice cream and Gholami lost his temper with the little girl.

Gravesend girl, 2, murdered by adoptive dad who bashed her head against wall

A dad from Gravesend has been jailed for life with a minimum of 23 years after her murdering his adopted daughter by “bashing her head against a…

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