Jurors are expected to decide the fate of a man accused of murdering his six-month-old daughter today.

The trial of Karim Salahuddin, 27, continued in the Supreme Court yesterday with a summary of evidence by Chief Justice Richard Ground.

Salahuddin, of Serpentine Road, Pembroke, is accused of murdering Cassidy Ann Salahuddin while she was in his care on May 5, 2003.

The three-week-long trial has seen a handful of medical witnesses testify including American expert on shaken baby syndrome, Dr. Randell Alexander.

In closing arguments this week, Crown prosecutor Kulandra Ratneser said Cassidy?s death was a result of shaken baby syndrome caused by her father, while defence lawyer John Perry QC has argued that the baby sustained her fatal injuries when her father fell while carrying her.

Mr. Justice Ground summarised points of evidence for the six-woman, six-man jury, telling them they had to decide on the validity of Police statements, which Salahuddin claimed were false.

Salahuddin?s own testimony was also repeated to the jury, as was medical evidence given by several doctors and KingEdward VII Memorial Hospital emergency room staff who attended to Cassidy the night she was brought in by her father.

Salahuddin, who was interviewed several times by the Police, initially said he shook his daughter several times to get her to stop crying.

Although Salahuddin repeated this statement several times to the Police, he later changed his story and said he was carrying his daughter in a pumpkin seat when he dropped her and she rolled about 15 to 20 feet down an asphalt hill.

He said she was still inside her seat, but fell partially out it during the tumble, as she was held in by only one strap.

Mr. Perry told the court this week that Police statements were neither videotaped nor recorded and that several handwritten marks had been inserted in the manuscripts to indicate words were inserted into the copy.

Mr. Justice Ground asked the jury to consider these questions: ?Did he say what was recorded? And if he did, was he telling the truth??

Salahuddin is a diabetic, who was not caring for his diabetes properly at the time of the incident. He was also not advised properly by his original lawyer, Larry Scott, Mr. Perry argued.

Mr. Justice Ground told the jury yesterday: ?You must consider were these statements made when he was tired, under stress or feeling the effect of diabetes.?

He said changes were made in the statements, however, Police had made sure Salahuddin signed every change with his initials.

?The defendant signed the statement, often after particularly damaging answers,? said Mr. Justice Ground. ?You can see, at one point, that he is asked to confirm whether or not he slapped her across the face. After these words, he has signed his initials.?

The evidence given by forensic pathologist Dr. Valerie Rao was also reviewed by Mr. Justice Ground.

He pointed out the external injuries Cassidy had suffered which included a bruise eight centimetres by eight centimetres on the right of her forehead, bruises to her lip, chest and shoulder and scalp injuries.

Internal injuries included multiple rib fractures, extensive bleeding into the scalp, fractures to the right and left of the skull, torn bridging veins in the brain and ?tremendous bleeding in the retina?.

Dr. Rao said the rib fractures were typical of a baby being held tightly. She said the bleeding around the brain and the eyes was consistent with trauma caused by being shaken with extreme force.

Mr. Justice Ground asked the jury to carefully consider medical evidence delivered by the experts, namely Dr. Alexander, who had spent a number of years at the University of Florida studying shaken baby syndrome.

Dr. Alexander said skull fractures, massive retinal bleeding and bleeding in Cassidy?s brain could not have resulted from a tumble down an asphalt hill.

He also pointed out the majority of medical witnesses, including Dr. Philip Jones, the ER physician who attended to Cassidy at KEMH, told the court that infants? ribs rarely break during CPR as they are more flexible than adults and less calcified.

Mr. Justice Ground also reviewed the testimony given by Salahuddin, who took the witness stand last week.

He urged the jury to stick to facts and let go of their sympathies.

Mr. Justice Ground said: ?He (the defendant) said: ?I loved Cassidy, she was my only daughter?.

?He wanted to watch her grow, he said. He would not have caused her any deliberate harm.?

The case continues today.