A dad on trial for murdering his baby daughter told police he held a quilt over her face to stop her crying so he could sleep after an early shift at work, a court has heard.
Ali Zain, 25, appeared at Manchester Crown court accused of murdering his ten-month-old daughter Aiman Abbas Toor at their home on Crompton Street, Farnworth, on November 1, 2019.
Andrew Thomas, prosecuting, told the court that initially Mr Zain told paramedics, his wife, and officers that they had both fallen down the stairs.
After an early shift at the Subway shop he worked in, Mr Zain returned home just before 2.30pm to look after his daughter whilst wife Sahar Toor went to work at the Holiday Inn Express near the Trafford Centre, the court heard.
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