Published: 4:50 pm January 9, 2024
Updated: 11:39 am October 8, 2025
The adoptive father of a two-year-old girl has been found guilty of her murder

Toddler Zahra Ghulami was taken to a hospital in Dartford on Wednesday 27 May 2020 after sustaining serious head injuries at her home in Gravesend. She sadly died in a London hospital on Friday 29 May.

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On Tuesday 9 January 2024, and following a seven-week trial at Maidstone Crown Court, her adoptive father, Jan Gholami, was found guilty of her murder and also child neglect. Zahra’s adoptive mother, Roqia Ghulami, was also found guilty of child neglect.

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