Dad ‘murdered’ three-week-old son after ‘struggling with his sexuality’

A dad battered his newborn son to death while screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ after struggling to come to terms with his sexuality, a court heard (Picture: Joseph Walshe / SWNS)

A dad battered his newborn son to death while screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ after struggling to come to terms with his sexuality, a court heard.

Kadees Mohammed, 30, caused catastrophic injuries to three-week-old Mohammed Ibrahim at his home home in Moseley, Birmingham on October 18 last year.

A court heard the tot suffered a shattered skull as a result of his head being squeezed and being thrown against a wall of the terraced property.

Mohammed’s wife said she woke to discover her husband kneeling over their son screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ – God is Great in Arabic.

The dad-of-two then attacked his partner with an iron as she tried to intervene, causing her serious injuries, jurors were told.

Emergency services attended the address on Dovey Road and rushed the tot to hospital but he was pronounced dead a short time later.

When police arrested Mohammed they found the Grindr dating app on his phone with evidence he was ‘struggling with his sexuality’.

He had also told other family members about having ‘intrusive thoughts’, the court was told.

Kadees Mohammed, 30, caused catastrophic injuries to three-week-old Mohammed Ibrahim at his home home in Moseley, Birmingham(Picture: Joseph Walshe / SWNS)

Mohammed, a DEFRA civil servant, has gone on trial at Birmingham Crown Court charged with murder and manslaughter and two counts of wounding with intent.

Prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC, said: ‘In the early hours of October 18 last year the defendant killed his then three-week-old son, Mohammed Ibrahim.

‘He did so by using severe force against him. As he was using severe force against him the defendant’s wife tried to stop the defendant.

‘The defendant attacked her with an iron causing her really serious injury.

‘The defendant’s mother also tried to stop the defendant and he also attacked her with an iron.’

Mr Sandhu added Mohammed ‘appeared to be a doting father to both his children’.

The court heard Ibrahim was visited at home by a health visitor on October 9 who found that the baby appeared to be well cared for and did not have any concerns.

Mr Sandhu added: ‘However before Ibrahim was born, particularly between July and August, the defendant began to give his family cause for concern.

‘He became fixated with the thought he might be suffering from ADHD.

‘Around the time of Ibrahim’s birth the defendant said he was having difficulty sleeping.’

The day before the fatal attack Mohammed woke early and went to the mosque and when he returned repeatedly washed his hands saying he ‘was not clean’.

Mr Sandhu said interaction with his family was limited and he appeared to be deep in thought.

Mohammed told his family he was ‘having thoughts he could not control and having premonitions which were going to materialise’.

Mr Sandhu said the defendant ‘thought he was receiving signs from …read more

Source:: Metro