Couple who tried to murder stepmother while wearing Poundland animal masks jailed

A married couple was imprisoned for the murder of the husband of the husband, a hammer and a knife, while wearing animal masks purchased from Poundland.

21 -year -old Wasif Hussain and his 19 -year -old wife Nabela Tabassum were sentenced to Birmingham Crown Court on Friday to kill Arifa Nazmin in Birmingham, Kings Norton on January 29th last year.

The court heard that the attack at the family house was caught by a CCTV camera. During the incident, Hussain hit Ms. Nazmin’s head with a hammer before stabbing her head, and her wife Tabassum grabbed her.

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Both Hussain and Tabassum, Kings Norton, Midhurst Road rejected the murder attempt, but was sentenced by a jury in March. Hussain was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment, while Tabassum was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment.

The court complained that Mrs. Nazmin did not help Tabassum’s parents around the house that increased the “anger and anger against him against him.

The court heard that the couple was planning to burn the body, but Mrs. Nazmin was able to lock herself into a room after being attacked and call the police.

Judge Paul Farrer Kc, who punished the couple on Friday, said, “There is no doubt that you are aware that what you both start is seriously wrong.

“You attacked Mrs. Nazmin at her own house. She felt compelled to leave her house after the attack.

“This was a crime committed by two young, immature individuals who were likely to realize serious violence.”

“This was an attempt to kill Ms. Nazmin at her own home.

“This attack took place against the background of fragmented familial relations.”

The prisoner’s hearing was told that he married in December 2023 after he met online and the attack took place within weeks after Tabassum moved to Hussain’s family house.

Mr. Forrest knew what was going on when Tabassum received two animal masks from Poundland on the day of the double attack.

The couple purchased a Aerosol box from a Onestop in Kings Norton on CCTV and bought a Aerosol box two days before the murder they aimed to use in their plans to burn their victims.

Defense lawyer Andreas O’shea for Hussain said that the man with “important autistic features ği was really“ regret and regret ”about the attack.

Mr. O’Shea said: “This young man, as he said, knows that his actions are wrong. He completely reminds the horror of the situation.

“The stepmother entered their lives and was able to talk to him at the beginning. But then some difficulties between the victim and the defendant’s wife began.

The court heard that Hussain’s mother took his own life at the age of seven, and that he knew his father, who had abandoned him and had a relationship with Mrs. Nazmin shortly before her death.

Tabassum’s defense lawyer, who stopped Mrs. Nazmin during the attack and put the knife to her husband, said: “He certainly regrets what he’s doing.

“If he could talk strongly to his husband, whom he found in a difficult position, he would never have found himself in this position and sincerely regretted it.”

The Court heard that an IQ test placed Tabassum in one percent of the population.

The young couple wore masks and gloves before the victim’s bruising attack, using a hammer, stabbed a wound and wounds on the back of his head and his hand.

The court heard Mrs. Nazmin’s young daughter was at home and saw her mother was injured after the attack.

Mr. Forrest told the court about the impact of Mrs. Nazmin and said: ı He had literally begging for his life in the kitchen.

In the expression of the victim effect, which is partially read to the court, Ms. Nazmin said, orum When the door is hit, I still panic, I can feel the fear in my body.

“I’m afraid that they’re coming back to finish me. I will live with this for the rest of my life.”