The horrific case has evoked many harrowing memories for Scots of the deaths of many other helpless children across the country in years gone by.
20:00, 01 May 2026
Baby killer Nicole Blain at the High Court in Glasgow(Image: Mike Gibbons)
One of Scotland’s worst child killers, who moaned on TikTok after bludgeoning her child to death, was found guilty of murdering the newborn baby this week.
Nicole Blain, 30, will forever be known as a monster who cut her daughter’s life short in a fit of rage at her flat in Greenock, Inverclyde on July 14, 2023.
The brute, who caused baby girl Thea a catalogue of horrific injuries, was found guilty of the deplorable crime by a jury at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday, April 29.
The horrific case has evoked many harrowing memories for Scots of the deaths of many other helpless children across the country in years gone by.
The Record has assembled a list of some of the most tragic cases gone by so their names and memory will never be forgotten.
Baby killer Nicole Blain at the High Court in Glasgow(Image: Mike Gibbons)
Baby killer Nicole Blain
Blain caused her 19-day-old baby girl Thea a string of catastrophic injuries, including three skull fractures, brain damage and bleeding behind the eyes. These were consistent with the baby being violently shaken and repeatedly hit off a hard floor, wall or furniture.
In a sick cover-up bid, Blain said she had woken up from a nap to find her daughter stricken on the floor – and went on to claim another child also in the flat had “done” whatever happened to Thea. The lies were branded “nonsense” by prosecutors earlier this week.
Shortly after Blain killed her daughter in July 2023, she went on to post a series of sickening videos on her TikTok. Blain spoke about her loss, at one point describing it as “an unexpected tragedy” while struggling to compose herself on camera, as she tried to convince others of her innocence.
Baby Thea(Image: UGC)
She said: “This is an unexpected tragedy that’s happened… I can’t even talk, I need to pause. I’ve tried to record this many times and I just don’t know what to say. Nothing in the world is going to bring my baby back.”
In the video filmed from hospital, she told followers she was “in the right place getting the support” she needed.
The attention seeking mum also shared footage of her newborn daughter, Thea, including a clip of her feeding the baby. Alongside the post, she wrote: “Found this in my drafts,” followed by three broken-heart emojis, with the song “Area Codes” playing in the background.
In another emotional post, she said: “Nobody deserves the f***ing s*** I’ve been through. Losing my wee lassie is the worst thing I’ve ever went through in my life. I really don’t see the light at the end of this tunnel for me.”
Blain will be sentenced next month.
Evil child killer dad Lukasz Czapla
Evil dad Lukasz Czapla was jailed for life in 2022 for murdering his infant son to get revenge against his former partner for ending their relationship.
Czapla shot, stabbed and smothered two-year-old Julius at his home in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, in November 2020 to get back at the child’s mum. He shot his child three times in the head with a gas-powered air pistol.
Three ball bearings were later recovered from his head. He then stabbed the toddler with a metal skewer before smothering him with a pillow, leaving Julius lying lifeless in his house.
Little Julius Czapla was just two-years-old when he was brutally killed
Evil Lukasz Czapla
The boy’s mother discovered her son’s remains the following day. In 2023, sick Czapla was caught with a haul of child sex abuse images.
Czapla, originally from Gdansk in Poland, was found guilty of possessing “indecent photos of children of the most serious category” following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Czapla was convicted of possessing indecent images of children between August 1 2009 and November 21 2020.
Child killer partners Rachel and Nyomi Fee
Twisted couple Rachel and Nyomi Fee murdered Rachel’s two-year-old son, Liam Fee, in March 2014.
The warped couple were convicted of assaulting and killing the two-year-old at his home in Thornton, Fife, by a jury in May 2016. They had blamed another boy for the murder.
Tragic Liam Fee
Rachel (L) and Nyomi Fee
They were also convicted of a catalogue of abuse against two other children. The tot died after suffering heart injuries similar to those found on road crash victims.
He had suffered a fractured upper arm bone and a broken thigh bone before his death. The pathologist who examined his lifeless body also found more than 30 external injuries on the toddler’s body and fractures to the boy’s upper arm and thigh.
The evil Fees were caged for life. Following Liam’s death, a review found that child protection officials “missed opportunities” to intervene in the abuse.
A senior Fife social worker admitted in court that Liam “fell off their radar.” In March 2014. They had blamed another boy for the murder.
Child killer mum Rosdeep Adekoya
Rosdeep Adekoya killed her three-year-old son Mikaeel Kular and then buried his body in woodland in January, 2014.
She was convicted of culpable homicide after beating the tot to death at her flat in Edinburgh after he was sick following a family meal at Nando’s. She then buried his body in Fife and lied to police that her child had gone missing.
She had called 999 to report her son missing to police, telling officers he got out of bed and climbed on a stool to unlock the front door of his home.
Mikaeel Kular
Rosdeep Adekoya
Her lies began to unravel when she broke down to detectives who were interviewing her for a third time.
She told officers: “It was an accident and I panicked. I am going to go to jail?”
Adekoya admitted repeatedly punching her son and causing his body to hit against a hard object or inflicting blunt injuries on his head and body. She admitted wrapping Mikaeel’s body in a duvet cover, putting it in a suitcase and driving to Dunvegan Avenue in Kirkcaldy, where she hid the case under a bush in woods behind a house.
Adekoya, who has four other children, was released from jail less than seven years into an 11-year sentence.
Triple child killer mum Theresa Riggi
Triple killer mum Theresa Riggi stabbed each of her three children eight times before their deaths in August 2010.
Twins Austin and Luke, eight, and little Cecilia, five, fought for their lives and had defensive wounds on their hands. All three siblings were found dead following the horrific incident on Slateford Road in Edinburgh following a reported gas explosion.
After killing her children, Riggi was badly injured after creating the explosion and jumping from the second floor balcony of the property. She broke her pelvis but might have been killed had a neighbour not attempted to catch her, breaking her fall.
Theresa Riggi with her eight-year-old twin sons Gianluca and Austin and daughter Cecilia, five. She later stabbed them to death
Riggi feared the kids were about to be taken from her in a bitter divorce row. In court, her counsel said she wanted to die with them so they could be together in “the afterlife”.
California-born Riggi, who was initially charged with murder, admitted culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility in March 2011. She was found dead at a high security hospital in March 2014.
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