ABU DHABI// A maid who murdered her employer’s four-month-old baby girl by smashing her head on a table had her death sentence upheld by the Appeals Court on Tuesday.
The court heard that S T, from Indonesia, took the baby, named Malak, from the bedroom that was fitted with CCTV cameras, then smashed the infant’s head against a wooden table.
She then returned the baby to its crib four minutes later.
S T had waited for her co-worker, the baby’s Filipina nanny, to use the bathroom before attacking the child.
She later confessed to have killed the baby to get back at the nanny, with whom she had a rivalry. She said she pictured the nanny’s face every time she looked at the baby.
Police investigations also found that at the time of the attack, S T was suffering from emotional issues after her fiance left her for another woman.
She was sentenced to death by the criminal court last September.
In the Appeals Court, S T denied deliberately harming the child, saying she had only dropped the baby by mistake.
Her lawyer argued that she was under severe emotional pressure and fatigue when she confessed.
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