The mother of a baby girl who was killed by her babysitter in 2015 today addressed the person who took her child away from her.
A sentence of five years jail has been handed down for 20-year-old Shayal Sami for the manslaughter of Aaliyah Ashlyn Chand, with no minimum non-parole period.
Anjani Chand stood next to her husband in court and told Sami "you have put us through unbearable pain and left us serving a life sentence".
"We were not there to protect her from you, when you inflicted injuries on our beautiful child.
Shayal Sami was sent to jail today for the manslaughter of baby Aaliyah Ashlyn Chand. (Source: Other)
"Shayal we put you in the position of trust and you failed us and you failed Aaliyah."
Ms Chand described the pain she and her husband were still going through, wishing she could tuck her daughter into bed again.
"Why was life so cruel to us?"
Crown Prosecutor Mark Zarifeh listed the multiple injuries inflicted with force, telling the court the aggravating factor "was a breach of trust as Aaliya was in the defendant's care."
Sami will be deported back to Fiji as soon as she completes her jail sentence.
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