Woman jailed for murdering baby daughter in West Bromwich
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A woman has been given a life sentence after murdering her two-month-old baby daughter in West Bromwich.
Zara Arsalan, 31, must serve a minimum term of 19 years in prison.
The court heard how in July 2020, emergency services received a call that a baby had fallen from her mother's lap and was unresponsive.
Paramedics arrived at Arsalan's home and found her baby, Harleen, with a serious head injury.
She passed away in hospital the next day.
A post-mortem revealed that Harleen had multiple skull fractures, bleeding on the brain, fractured ribs and a fractured collar bone.
Evidence proved that the baby girl did not fall from Arsalan's lap, but was most likely shaken and injured against a hard surface.
Arsalan was arrested, charged and found guilty of baby Harleen's murder, despite repeatedly lying about what happened.