Paid Members Bettencourt Posted August 25, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2014 Rosdeep Adekoya, 34, who last month admitted killing her three-year-old son Mikaeel Kular, has been jailed for 11 years at the High Court in Edinburgh. She lost her temper and killed the toddler after he was repeatedly sick following a family day out at a Nando’s restaurant in January. After discovering his body on the floor of their Edinburgh home, she wrapped it in a duvet cover, concealed it in the suitcase and drove 25 miles to Fife to hide it in woodland. A major search was launched for the youngster after she called 999 and reported him missing in an effort to conceal the crime. She finally broke down and admitted to police: “It was an accident and I panicked.” Adekoya was charged with Mikaeel’s murder but pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of culpable homicide at the High Court in Edinburgh, where she is due to be sentenced today. She admitted a separate charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by pretending to police he had gone missing. The court heard Adekoya’s internet history showed searches including “I find it hard to love my son”, “Why am I so aggressive with my son” and “Get rid of bruises”. Mikaeel died on the night of Tuesday January 14 from injuries inflicted the previous Sunday following the restaurant outing. He was smacked and struck on the body and head with a clenched fist after vomiting repeatedly. Adekoya, a prisoner at Cornton Vale prison, Stirling, dragged him to the shower by his arms and “beat him heavily” on his back as he lay over the bath edge, causing internal damage. He was kept off nursery as his condition deteriorated and by Tuesday night he was “listless”. Advocate depute Alex Prentice told the court: “He would have been in significant pain but was put to bed. “The pain would have increased significantly while Mikaeel became dangerously ill ... finally dying as a result of the injuries inflicted upon him by the accused. “It was during that night that he died.” Adekoya put her son’s body in a suitcase which she carried to the boot of her car, before taking his twin sister to nursery. She left the suitcase in woodland behind her sister’s house in Dunvegan Avenue, Kirkcaldy, covering it with branches. Inconsistencies began to appear in her account of events to police after she reported her son missing on Thursday morning and she eventually broke down and took them to his body. The final cause of Mikaeel’s death was found to be “blunt force abdominal trauma” and the court heard he had more than 40 separate injuries to his body. Defence QC Brian McConnachie told the court: “Rosdeep Adekoya is not a monster.” “It appears from every source ... that this has been a brief period when this young woman has lost her temper and behaved in a way which is totally out of character for her.” John Dunn, Procurator Fiscal for the East of Scotland, said: “There can be few crimes more shocking than a parent killing their child. “From the outset of the case, and working closely with the Police, the Crown has led an extremely thorough investigation in to the circumstances surrounding Mikaeel’s death. “All of the facts and circumstances of the case were carefully considered by Crown Counsel. “Having considered all the evidence in the case, including that of expert pathologists, Crown Counsel concluded that pleas of guilty to charges of culpable homicide and attempting to defeat the ends of justice were appropriate.” An independent significant case review is to be held after it emerged social services had stopped monitoring the family weeks before Mikaeel’s death. Is this sentence too lenient? She essentially beat him to death. She then tried to send the police on a wild goose chase before she finally admitted to killing him. Having ignored what surely were signs that he was badly injured from the beating on Sunday before dying on the Tuesday night, is culpable homicide an acceptable charge compared to murder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Terribly lenient sentence. Think her mental condition has been taken into account, but that's no excuse. I don't think a man who done the same would get off so lightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary v1 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 11 years for culpable homicide is actually at the longer end of the scale, which of course takes into account the seriousness of the offence. I don't think the issue is with the harshness of the sentence but rather what she was tried for, Having said that if she was tried for murder she would have got a heavier sentence if convicted but also would have had much more chance of a not proven verdict given it could be argued she didn't intend to kill him. If that happened she would have walked free and everyone would be (justifiably) up in arms to an even greater degree saying the crown prosecutions should have taken the culpable homicide path. Anyway she's clearly mentally unstable and I'm not sure prison is the best place for her in any case, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin' Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Terribly lenient sentence. Think her mental condition has been taken into account, but that's no excuse. I don't think a man who done the same would get off so lightly You're right, the justice system is horribly biased towards women in this country and other western nations. If a man and a woman both have the exact same past history and commit the exact same crime, the woman will never get the same sentence as the man would, they always get shown leniency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted August 26, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yeah, really harsh. If she didn't play the "mental health" card, she'd have probably got life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Coconut Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Do you doubt that she's a mentalist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted August 26, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2014 She obviously a mental case for doing that, but is she a "seeing things coming out the walls" kind of mental? I don't think so. Very controlled and evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Coconut Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I don't know how you can know that she was controlled and evil is the most subjective word I know. My parents genuinely think the UN is evil... I'd say anybody that can do something like she did is as mental as mental can be. She needs to be punished but she also needs to be helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Terribly lenient sentence. Think her mental condition has been taken into account, but that's no excuse. I don't think a man who done the same would get off so lightly You're right, the justice system is horribly biased towards women in this country and other western nations. If a man and a woman both have the exact same past history and commit the exact same crime, the woman will never get the same sentence as the man would, they always get shown leniency. At the lesser end of the scale, women get sent down for a lot less than men do. If anything, the justice system is skewed against women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted August 27, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2014 Was fully waiting for Keith on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 #NotThisFeministIssue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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