The parents who disguised the death of their baby by pretending she had died on a London bus have been convicted of causing or allowing her death.
Rosalin Baker, 25, and Jeffrey Wiltshire, 52, had denied murdering 16-week-old Imani in September 2016.
The child was found to have multiple injuries including 40 rib fractures, a broken wrist and fractured skull.
The pair were acquitted of murder but were told by Judge Nicholas Hilliard to expect a "substantial sentence".
The Old Bailey heard other passengers on the number 25 bus in Stratford tried to help resuscitate Imani after Baker claimed her baby had suddenly become ill during the journey.
A witness told the jury Baker "seemed very relaxed" as the drama unfolded and "she was was not crying, she was not shouting" in spite of the child being "cold".
Wiltshire, of Newham, east London, was filmed by on-board CCTV kissing Baker and giving her a thumbs up as she boarded the bus with Imani's lifeless body strapped to her chest.
She described her partner as a violent drug addict who had forced her to carry the corpse in a sling in order to "frame" her.
But Wiltshire, who claimed to have fathered 25 children, denied hurting his "tiny and beautiful" daughter or being abusive towards Baker.
When asked why he gave Baker a thumbs up when when she boarded the bus, he told jurors it was to tell her to "stay safe".
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said Imani, who was on the child protection register, had been attacked three times in the week of her death.
He said the infant, who was born prematurely and spent the first six weeks of her life in an incubator, would have been in "very significant pain and distress" from injuries caused by her arm being twisted or pulled, her chest being squeezed and being thrown against a hard surface.
In the week before her child's death Baker had moved from her mother's home in Colchester, Essex, to Wiltshire's bedsit where the family shared the same bed.
Giving evidence, she said when she found Imani dead at the bottom of their bed, Wiltshire had told her "it's all your fault, I told you to give her up for adoption".
"The first thing I thought was he's done something to her," she told the jury.
CPS reviewing lawyer Devi Kharran said despite Imani's "very serious and painful injuries" neither parent had sought medical help.
"Instead, her lifeless body was carried onto a crowded London bus to disguise the true circumstances of her death," he said.
Det Insp John Marriott said it was a "heart breaking" case particularly because Imani was a premature baby.
The pair will be sentenced on 28 May. The maximum sentence for causing or allowing the death of a child is 14 years.
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A woman was attacked on a London Underground night train for speaking Spanish.
The 24-year-old was left with head injuries after she was set upon by two female passengers who pulled her hair during what police described as a “vicious” assault.
They told the woman she should be speaking English in England.
The incident – which is being treated as a racially-aggravated crime – occurred on the Central Line at 3.45am on Saturday. The woman suffered cuts to her face and scalp.
A spokesperson for British Transport Police said: “The victim – a 24-year-old woman – was talking to some friends in Spanish. Two nearby women heard her and started shouting at her, saying she should be talking English when in England.
“They then grabbed her hair and pulled her around by her hair. This resulted in injuries to her scalp and cuts to her face.
“The women were both black and had braided hair. They were believed to be in their late 20s and one was wearing a brown jacket, while the other was wearing a black jacket.
“The train was travelling from Liverpool Street to Stratford.”
Officers are looking at CCTV from the stations and would like to speak to anyone who was in the carriage.
Fuck sake
2018, still going strong
this thread seems a bit random
we're grouping a bunch of articles about crimes involving black women?
clicked this thread expecting to see praise for black women
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well original topic title was edited due to unjust complaints
i deleted this topic due to clear trolling and im branded a twat
noone should even bother replying to this thread let it die
Pmsl
You fucked up
No one wanna talk about the actual article tho ?
I imagine the victim was talking sideways in Spanish which was deciphered
Unless the black bitches were from Croydon in which case anything goes the blacks over there been putting in that Tommy Robinson work
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3 hours ago, Admin. said:No one wanna talk about the actual article tho ?
Your moving mad
Seen topics locked off for less.
This topic and opening post smells like white deflection tears.
Me ? Lol nah never
Just asked a simple question and the backlash was mad....
not like im making up the articles or plucking them out of obscure places...
you man condone this behaviour yh ?
11 minutes ago, Admin. said:Me ? Lol nah never
Just asked a simple question and the backlash was mad....
not like im making up the articles or plucking them out of obscure places...
you man condone this behaviour yh ?
yeah a simple question loaded with contempt
i doubt anyone condones any of those things but you've been going above and beyond like white chicks ain't doing the same, worse or similar things
i doubt you'd EVER make/go against white woman like u have in this thread when their crimes standing next their white partners (men) dwarfs those done by black women
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