‘Callous’ mother who bought lottery ticket after brutal attack on baby daughter is jailed | UK | News

The “callous and careless” mother who killed her seven-week-old daughter by smashing her head in a fit of rage was sentenced to at least more than 12 years in prison.

Sarah Ngaba, who visited a store to buy lottery tickets before seeking medical attention for Eliza Ngaba, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 12 years and 154 days after the judge described the murder as “the culmination of increasingly hostile behavior” towards the baby.

Ngaba was found guilty of murder last month after jurors were told serious injuries from severe concussion in November 2019 and a head blow contributed to London-born Eliza’s death from infection in August 2022.

Ngaba, formerly of Briarwood in Brookside, Telford, Shropshire, was jailed for 14 years in 2021 for wounding and was charged with murder following Eliza’s death.