الحكم بالاعدام لطالب سودانى قتل طفلة عمرها 3 سنوات

Quote: Baby could have died from being shaken' 2010/09/28 SHAH ALAM: Pathologist Dr Abdul Karim Tajuddin, who conducted a post-mortem on 3-year-old Aaliyah Ayman Hussin Abdullah, told the High Court yesterday that the child could have died from "shaken baby syndrome". Dr Karim, 61, is head of the Forensic Medical Department at Serdang Hospital. He conducted more than 25,000 post-mortems over 26 years. He said this under cross-examination by counsel J. Kuldeep Kumar. Dr Karim was testifying at the trial of Mohannad Taha Ismail, 26, a Sudanese, charged with murdering Aaliyah at apartment number 9/D3/9 Palazzo Tower, Venice Hill Condominium, Batu 9, Cheras, Hulu Langat, between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Oct 12. Dr Karim, who conducted the post-mortem on the child at 10am on Oct 14, said the fatal injury sustained by Aaliyah could have been caused by " shaken baby syndrome". Shaken baby syndrome occurs when an abuser violently shakes an infant or small child, creating a whiplash motion that causes injury. Kuldeep read a passage from the book The Pathology of Trauma, third edition, by J.K. Mason and B.N. Purdue. It said: "Shaken baby syndrome may occur without deliberate child abuse in young infants thrown into the air and caught by a parent during play. Even though it is not child abuse, it shows that parents are unaware of the fragility of the little child. It is a topic that merits wide public hearing." Asked if he agreed with the statement, Dr Karim said he did. Questioned if he had ruled out the possibility of meningitis during Aaliyah's autopsy, Dr Karim said there was no indication that Aaliyah had contracted meningitis because he found the dura mater (the outermost layer of the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord) to be normal. Saranjeet Kaur Sidhu appeared with Kuldeep while deputy public prosecutor Alfred Egin prosecuted. The trial continues today.