A five-year-old girl screamed "mummy, don't kill me" moments before her mum strangled her to death at home.
Alijah Thomas desperately pleaded with Martina Madarova, 41, but the mother proceeded to kill the tot and then "tucked her in with a blanket".
Madarova had been suffering with her mental health, had turned to alcohol during the Covid-19 lockdown, and had been in a "dark place" the night before Alijah's tragic death.
