Found Deceased Australia - Sanaya Sahib, 15 mos, Heidelberg West, Vic, 9 April 2016 *Arrest*

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Source: Supreme Court of Victoria, Criminal Division, ph: 9603 9300

Post Directions hearing went ahead this morning, but no Trial date has been set. Reason: not for publication at this stage.
:thinking:
More assessments?
 
http://www.news.com.au/national/vic...r/news-story/3c192d7f99f599e62910f874792eec58

HOW WAS THIS NOT MURDER?
A WOMAN has admitted she killed her daughter. Instead of murder, her lawyers say she’s guilty of a crime no Victorian has ever been jailed for.

Infanticide law in Victoria: How is this not murder?
March 20, 2017. 1:39pm

... Queensland University of Technology forensic psychologist and lecturer Claire Ferguson explains infanticide killings:
“Often when you have infanticide with post partum psychosis there’s usually a link to the psychosis with viewing the baby as something that isn’t — seeing the baby as evil or viewing the baby as something that it isn’t.”
Dr Ferguson said in cases of infanticide mothers commonly viewed their child as a “devil” or “demon”, and believed they were somehow possessed...
 
So the priest told Sofina that she and Sanaya were possessed and had negative energy.
I wonder if Sofina held this belief before the priest told her so?

I just feel for little Sanaya with all she had to endure and all she could of gone on to be.
 
Fuskier said:
http://www.news.com.au/national/vic...s/news-story/141b9a92a1c401b6b63384690e070adc

INFANTICIDE vs MURDER?

March 16, 2017. 8:40am
THE mother accused of killing her 14-month old daughter told Victoria Police a priest said her baby was possessed.

"Nikat told police she put her hand across Sanaya’s mouth and nose and hugged her tight until she couldn’t feel her daughter moving. She then walked down to the creek bed and dropped her daughter’s limp body in Darebin Creek near scrubland."...

Magistrate Luisa Bazzani upheld the murder charge, citing that the psychiatrist’s evidence had not been tested.
The case will return to Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for a directions hearing on Friday.
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Did the journalist confuse the mother's religion i.e. Muslim/Christian in writing/publishing the article?
Worse, was this 'blurred' religious concept also put before our Courts?
i.e. stating that an IMAM told her that she and her child were possessed ... then referring to that position as a 'priest' told her - most likely 'blurrs the lines' in the minds of decision makers. IMHO investigators/psychologists/psychiatrists/decision makers need to be aware of fundamental cultural/religious differences in the meaning of language here and its implications for context here.
My opinion only.
 
I was wondering if in Fiji there was a connection with IMAM and PRIEST.
I haven't gone into it much but stumbled across this ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunatul_Islam_Association_of_Fiji

[h=1]Maunatul Islam Association of Fiji[/h]
Lautoka Branch[edit]

The Lautoka Brach Mosque is situated at 72 Vomo St, Drasa /Vitogo, Lautoka. The Branch is managed by a Branch Committee elected every two years. Apart from the Mosque, the branch also owns a priest's quarters, 2 other residential properties and a Madrasa which can accommodate 30 students. The branch has approximately 1200 registered and 2000 unregistered members.

BBM
 
In the interests of Justice for Sanaya Sahib, police investigators/psychologists/psychiatrists/decision makers need to take account that methamphetamine was allegedly found in Sanaya's hair. The source of this should be thoroughly investigated and not just 'glossed over' as it could be been 'deposited there from the water'. Hair samples from Sofina Nikat would need to be forensically examined for drug use and a drug history taken from her and others she was living with. It would be important to examine this factor as a potential contributing factor which could worsen any underlying alleged unresolved psychosis. My opinion only.
 
Sanaya is the victim not only of her mother but of human trafficking and religious abuse. I am disgusted this happens in Australia.

Here's a resource should you ever come across someone who has been trafficked here via marriage or has been married against their will https://www.mybluesky.org.au/
 
http://www.3aw.com.au/
6.00pm news announcement:
Sofina Nikat will plead guilty to Infanticide. It is alleged that Sofina was suffering from 'depression' at the time of Sanaya's murder.
 
https://au.prime7.yahoo.com/q1/news/a/-/national/36740849/accused-vic-baby-killer-back-in-court/

The mental state of a mother accused of murdering her 14-month-old daughter in Melbourne will be a key issue at trial, her lawyer says.

Defence barrister Christopher Dane QC says expert witnesses will be called to give evidence at her trial.
Senior crown prosecutor Kerri Judd QC expects the trial will span more than two weeks.
The trial is expected to start in mid-September...
 
BREAKING NEWS

Shannon Deery ��‏Verified account @s_deery 4m4 minutes ago

BREAKING: Sofina Nikat pleads guilty to killing little daughter. She told police the girl was stolen by a shoeless African. @theheraldsun
 
Sharnelle Vella‏Verified account @SharnelleVella 5m5 minutes ago

Sofina Nikat has pleaded GUILTY to infanticide after she suffocated her baby girl and left her in Darebin creek. Thought she was possessed.
 
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/w...throwing-body-into-creek-20170922-gymn2j.html


September 22 2017 - 11:09AM
Woman admits to smothering infant daughter and throwing body into creek
by Adam Cooper

Sofina Nikat could be spared serving more time in prison because she pleaded guilty to infanticide, after prosecutors agreed to withdraw a charge of murder... Nikat, 24, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge, which carries a maximum penalty of five years, in the Supreme Court on Friday...

Infanticide is a rare charge that applies to women who kill their biological child in instances where the mother is affected by a mental health problem related to childbirth...
 
Sharnelle Vella‏Verified account @SharnelleVella 7m7 minutes ago

Members of Sofina Nikat's family left the court room in tears as victim impact statements about their lives without the baby girl were read.
 
Jayde Vincent‏Verified account @JaydeVincent 10m10 minutes ago

Sofina Nikat: Court told in the weeks leading up to killing her daughter Nikat said to Sanaya "why do you have to be born?" Was depressed.
 
Sharnelle Vella‏Verified account @SharnelleVella 10m10 minutes ago

Court told Sofina Nikat had depression that disturbed her mind - it was further compounded by isolation and a marriage breakdown.
 
Jayde Vincent‏Verified account @JaydeVincent 15m15 minutes ago

Nikat: defence says killer mum was forced into arranged marriage, was victim of domestic abuse & lived in women's refuge w baby @9NewsMelb:facepalm:
 
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