Starved girl 'was possessed by evil spirit', says mother...

A mother accused of starving her daughter to death claimed the child was possessed by an evil spirit, a court has heard.

Angela Gordon, charged alongside her partner Junaid Abuhamza with the murder of seven-year-old Khyra Ishaq, said the spirit was controlling the child's body after she "accepted it as a friend".

Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court were shown footage of a police interview with a 13-year-old boy who was in the care of Gordon and Abuhamza at the time of Khyra's death on May 17 last year. More...

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