Father screamed 'Allahu Akbar' as he battered son to death

A father who screamed 'Allahu Akbar' as he battered his newborn son to death has been found guilty of manslaughter.

Kadees Mohammed, 31, bashed and battered his three-week-old son Ibrahim up against a wall at the family home in Dovey Road, Moseley, Birmingham.

The tiny baby boy's skull was fractured after being squeezed. He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. 

Mohammed's wife, Mehwish Mubashir, had woken to find her husband kneeling over their son screaming 'Allahu Akbar' - God is Great in Arabic.

She and her mother, Raqyi Bi, were also hurt when Mohammed attacked them with an iron as they tried to stop him. 

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

Today, Mehwish paid a moving tribute to her son after Mohammed was found guilty at Birmingham crown court of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

'My beautiful Ibrahim, I am missing you a lot today,' she said. 

'My love for you is eternal. I know that you are no longer with me but your precious belongings are so dear to me.

'I imagine how life would have been with you by my side. I would have watched you grow, laughed with you and wiped your tears.

'You will remain in my memories for the rest of my life like a beautiful flower. Love from your mum.'

Mohammed, a civil servant who worked for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, was also convicted of two counts of wounding and remanded into a secure mental health facility ahead of his sentencing on December 9.

Prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC had told the court during the trial how Mohammed had seemed a caring husband and father.

However, he had started acting out of character and steps to assess his mental health had been started.

Mr Sandhu said: 'It seemed to those who encountered the defendant and his family that they were perfectly pleasant and that there were no problems.

'Their neighbours considered them to be friendly. The defendant appeared to be content. He 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 God and that he was the prophet'.

The court heard his family were so concerned that they called the emergency services and an ambulance came to the home.

Mohammed agreed to be taken to A&E by his sister and brother-in-law but after waiting for some time they returned to the family home at around midnight.

Mr Sandhu said at 3am the defendant's wife Mehwish Mubashir woke up to find her baby son Ibrahim on the ground with the defendant kneeling over him.

He added: 'He was repeating the words Allahu Akhbar. That is God is Great. He was repeating that loudly. He was holding on to their son.

'By now Ibrahim was unresponsive. It is likely that the defendant had already subjected Ibrahim to severe force by this stage.

'She tried to stop the defendant from taking hold of the baby but the defendant would not be stopped.'

Mr Sandhu said as a result of the repeated blows the baby's skull was shattered which resulted in an injury to his brain and that he died very quickly.

After he was arrested Mohammed said: 'I cannot believe I have killed my son.'