Killer mother who sparked huge search for son is jailed for 11 years

Mikaeel Kular died two days after being beaten repeatedly by Rosdeep Adekoya following a family day out in January.

After discovering his lifeless body on the floor of their Edinburgh home in Ferry Gait
Crescent, she wrapped it in a duvet cover, put it in the suitcase and drove about 25 miles to
Kirkcaldy, Fife, to hide it in woodland.

But she reported him missing to police, sparking a major two-day search operation involving hundreds of local people.

Adekoya, 34, a prisoner at Cornton Vale jail near Stirling, was initially charged with murder but last month pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.

She also admitted a charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by pretending to police her son had gone missing.

She was jailed for 11 years when she returned to the High Court in Edinburgh for sentencing yesterday.

The court heard that Mikaeel died on the night of Tuesday, January 14, from injuries inflicted the previous Sunday.

His mother “lost her temper” when he was repeatedly sick following a trip to a Nando’s restaurant at the city’s Fountain
Park.

She smacked him and struck him on the body and head with a clenched fist, the court heard previously.

When Mikaeel was sick for a third time, she dragged him to the shower by his arms and ‘’beat him heavily’’ on his back as he lay over the bath edge.

Over the next few days Mikaeel’s condition worsened and he was kept off nursery.

By Tuesday night, Mikaeel was said to be “quiet” and finally died as a result of the injuries inflicted upon him.

After discovering her son’s body, Adekoya put it in a suitcase and hid it in woodland near her sister’s home.

She eventually broke down and took officers to his body.

John Dunn, Procurator Fiscal for the East of Scotland, said: “There can be few crimes more shocking than a parent killing their child.”