EVIL STEPDAD CAGED OVER NADIA MURDER

Mother also jailed for allowing 5-year-old to suffer serious injuries

- JONATHAN MCCAMBRIDGE

A CHILD killer was jailed for a minimum of 22 years yesterday for the "brutal, merciless and outrageous" murder of his five-yearold stepdaughter.

Nadia Zofia Kalinowska died after she was found with multiple injuries at her family home in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, in December 2019.

At Belfast Crown Court yesterday Mr Justice O'Hara jailed Abdul Wahab, 35, for repeatedly attacking and beating Nadia, who had suffered more than 70 injuries over many months.

Nadia's mother, Aleksandra Wahab, 29, was sentenced to 11 years, half to be served in custody, for allowing the death of a child and allowing a child to suffer serious physical harm.

Earlier this year Wahab pleaded guilty to the murder of Nadia as well as two charges of grievous bodily harm with intent.

Aleksandra Wahab had also changed her pleas to guilty. At the time of their initial arrests, the Wahabs both claimed Nadia's death was accidental.

Setting out the background to the case, Mr Justice O'Hara said an ambulance had been called to the Wahab home on December 15, 2019, and the crew found Nadia unconscious.