‘No real answers’ father feels let down by Mikaeel Kular case review

Tragic Mikaeel Kular’ father has criticised a case review into the death of his three-year-old son for leaving “unanswered questions”.

Zahid Saeed, 31, revealed he still thinks about Mikaeel every day and wants to ensure no one has to endure a similar ordeal.

An independent significant case review into Mikaeel’s death said it “could not have been predicted”.

Mikaeel died two days after being beaten by his mother Rosdeep Adekoya, 34, at the family’s flat in Edinburgh in January last year.

She then wrapped his body in a duvet and buried him in a suitcase in woods behind her sister’s house in Kirkcaldy.

Adekoya then returned home to Edinburgh and reported her son missing, sparking a huge search.

Mr Saeed told The Courier: “No one is God but the social work departments could have done more to save Mikaeel.

“The report is not real. It gives no real answers to what actually happened.”

The review was launched after Adekoya admitted culpable homicide in July last year.

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