Girl, 11, killed by ‘indefensible blow’, her family then tried to cover up

An 11-year-old girl who dreamed of becoming a lawyer has died after her older brother hit her on the head in a fit of rage, and her family tried to cover up the incident, a coroner has ruled.

Falaq Babar was described as the 'princess of her family' as she washed another sibling in the bathroom of the family's Bury Road home in Rochdale in February 2022.

The youngster was then given an 'unprovoked, indefensible punch' by her brother, 23-year-old Suhail Mohammed. Just 21 minutes after an ambulance was called, he sent text messages to his girlfriend saying he had ...