Overview
- Zara Arsalan, 31, also known as Sharandeep Talwandi, was sentenced at Coventry Crown Court after a jury conviction earlier this year.
- Mr Justice Cavanagh KC found she violently shook Harleen and struck her head multiple times against a hard surface in a sudden loss of temper.
- Medical evidence detailed skull fractures, irreversible brain injury, a broken collarbone, a fractured leg and spinal injury, with death on July 24, 2020.
- The court rejected Arsalan’s shifting accounts, including a later claim blaming partner Jatinder Bains, which the judge called a false narrative.
- Evidence showed a rib fracture three to six days earlier from rough handling, and records show Bains dialled 999 minutes after the fatal assault.