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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Mother who bought lottery ticket after killing her baby daughter in fit of rage jailed for life

Sarah Ngaba has been sentenced to life imprisonment - (West Mercia Police)

A mother described as "callous and uncaring" has been handed a minimum jail term of more than 12 years for murdering her seven-week-old daughter by shattering her skull in a fit of rage.

Sarah Ngaba was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 12 years and 154 days. The judge presiding over the case described the killing of Eliza Ngaba as "the culmination of increasingly hostile behaviour" towards the infant.

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