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Ammaz Qureshi told Yasmin Chaudhry, 28, to submerge her one-year-old daughter in the water to “discipline” her after she interrupted their chat.

Qureshi and Chaudhry had a fling in London in 2010. They were introduced by her brother.

The 35-year-old accountant encouraged the mum to torture her baby, Oslo District Court heard.

The child was forced to eat chilli powder, bound with rope and held under water twice before losing consciousness, the prosecution claims.

Chaudhry called the emergency services, but she died the next day.

She has pleaded guilty to child abuse, but both deny murder.

Qureshi, from Pinner, north London, was extradited a year ago and has been in custody in Oslo.

Chaudhry blames Qureshi for urging her to submerge the baby in water.

Qureshi’s lawyer Vibeke Hein Baera told the court: “He denies the accusations of premeditated murder and assault.

“My client is baffled that he is accused of a crime committed in a country which he - at that point in time - had never set foot in.”

The trial continues.