An 18-day-old baby girl was allegedly thrown out of a window by her mother, causing fatal head injuries, a court has heard.
Baby Mariam fell 10 meters (32 feet) from her family’s third-floor flat in Westminster, central London, on Saturday.
Zahira Byjoune was due to appear at the Old Bailey on Wednesday charged with her daughter’s murder, but she failed to attend the hearing.
The court heard that emergency services arrived within minutes of her husband calling 999 at 7.30am and found Mary lying on a concrete surface between a block of flats and a high metal railing on Great Peter Street.
Prosecutor Philip McGhee said Maryam was taken to hospital in a “critical condition” where she died at 9am from a fractured skull.
The police went inside the flat and found his mother sitting on the bed.
The 43-year-old man was initially arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and then charged with murder the next day.
Maryam’s father was present in the flat but was said to be preparing baby formula in the kitchen when the defendant allegedly threw the newborn through the sash window.
Mr McGhee said the husband ran outside but was unable to reach his child. He returned inside and called 999.
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Judge Mark Lucroft Casey set a timetable for the case, with a plea hearing on June 3 and a provisional 10-day hearing before him from February 15, 2027.
The judge remanded the defendant in custody.
