Mum who knifed ‘fun-loving’ daughter, 10, to death as she slept told cops ‘my kid is dead’ in chilling confession
A MUM stabbed her ten-year-old daughter to death as she slept then told police: “My kid is dead”.
Shay Kang was knifed 11 times with a Swiss Army knife at her home in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, on March 4.
Her mum Jaskirat Kaur made the chilling confession to police hours after killing the youngster.
The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility, which was accepted by prosecutors.
She has now been given an indefinite hospital order after she was found to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Kaur believed she was being targeted by “lasers and technology” when she killed her daughter.
When police arrived at their home after the 999 call, the mum told them she had had “projections coming in and out” of their home.
She added: “It was me (that killed her) because I didn’t want her getting took by it.”
Kaur also admitted she had wanted to kill her daughter for the past seven months in a chilling police interview.
She added: “They can’t adopt her, they can’t take her. It’s not going to make sense, but to me it does.
“I was worried about Shay growing up. I knew that there needed to be an end date.
“I would kill her again. I wanted her to die, I don’t regret it.”
The court heard concerns had been raised about Shay’s welfare after she failed to attend Brickhouse Primary School for nine months between December 2022 and September 2023.
On January 11, 2023, Kaur phoned police and asked if she could speak to officers on a secure line.
A phonecall was also made by the school requesting a welfare check on Shay as she had not attended school for some time.
Police arrived at the home to find the curtains drawn but Kaur “contended and willing to chat”.
A second call was made by the school eight days later but the mum said she was not willing to speak to officers without a lawyer.
She also told police she was not sending her daughter to school because a “male was going to take her from there”.
Officers suggested Kaur speak to her GP about her paranoia and said Shay appeared happy and in good health and did not think she was in immediate danger.
A third phonecall was made on September 20, 2023, and when police arrived at Kaur’s home they found Shay appeared nervous, was hard to understand and giving monosyllabic answers.
The bodycam footage was shown to the school’s pastoral team, who were “shocked” at the youngster’s regression.
As a result, social workers became involved and described Shay as a “child in need” – leading to an assessment.
A report found the house was plunged in darkness and that while the schoolgirl did not speak, she looked “relatively healthy but pale”.
The social worker also highlighted how she had an “unsteady gait” and her arm movements were “stilted and robotic”, while Kaur was said to be paranoid and anxious.
A child in need plan was put in place in November 2023, with Shay returning to school the following January.
While her speech improved, she told teachers she would spend her time daydreaming or playing on her Nintendo DS and there was no physical affection between her and her mum.
Carla Newby, Brickhouse Primary School’s pastoral officer, read out an emotional tribute to Shay on behalf of her and her husband, the school’s head teacher Paul Newby.
Through tears, she said: “Shay was always a bright, happy, fun-loving child who was well-liked by all. Her smile could brighten up the dimmest of days.
“This is the most horrific and devastating situation we have ever had to manage.
“We spent time with Shay as she rested in the funeral home. We placed a pink blanket and a teddy bear in her coffin for her to snuggle.
“It was an honour for us both to have been chosen to arrange her funeral and give her a send-off she deserved. May Shay find some peace now.”
Judge Michael Chambers KC accepted a recommendation that Kaur should be given an indefinite hospital order to protect the public from serious harm.
He said: “This is a truly dreadful and tragic loss of life. Every child looks to his or her mother for love and protection and this was a gross breach of that trust.
“The enormity of what you have done is difficult to comprehend. What you have done has impacted many lives and the community rightly have been shocked.
“Shay had her whole life before her. She appeared as a happy and contented girl. That was the appearance she gave to the world, but sadly the reality of life at home was very different.
“The conditions in which she lived and the context in which she died were the direct result of your severe mental illness. It led to you both living a socially isolated existence.”