BRUTAL MURDER Unsettling scene as cruel uncle disposes his niece's body after killing her in "honor" killing while CCTV record...
BRUTAL MURDER Unsettling scene as cruel uncle disposes his niece's body after killing her in "honor" killing while CCTV records her final moments
This horrifying scene depicts the moment a sick uncle drove to dispose of his niece's body "like trash" after fatally stabbing her with a metal spike.
Somaiya Begum, 20, was killed by Mohammed Taroos Khan, 53, at her Bradford home in June of last year in what is believed to have been an honor killing.
The student was at the time under a court-ordered Forced Marriage Protection Order because her father had tried to get her to wed her cousin.
After being found guilty of murder yesterday, Khan has now been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years.
A restraining order that has been in effect since 2016 forbade Khan from going to the address was in effect.
This was because he had previously been found guilty of beating his own daughter and threatening to "cut her up" with a knife while holding the knife to her throat.
In total, Violent Khan was found guilty of 12 offenses, including hitting his daughter.
Khan visited the house three times on June 25 of last year and spoke to Somaiya on the phone despite the restraining order.
He earlier acknowledged to disposing of her body and destroying her phone, which was discovered in a nearby smoldering trash can, to tamper with the course of justice.
The moment Khan arrived at the industrial neighborhood where he dumped Somaiya's body is captured on video released by police today.
The bully killed his niece with an 11 cm long "Bradawl" tool, a sharpened metal woodworking tool, and then "bundled up" her body with a rug and rope.
She was eventually abandoned and allowed to "rot and degrade" on waste land "like junk" before being discovered 11 days later.
Police also released further video that depicts Somaiya's dying seconds.
The early hours of June 25 saw the Leeds Beckett University student returning from her work as a caregiver.
Her body was found a few days later "infested with maggots" and with the spike remaining in her chest.
"She had suffered a traumatic end following a violent attack at her house, the type of which was proved by the metal spike which was embedded in her," said prosecutor Jason Pitter KC.
Khan was afterwards observed hauling a "seemingly hefty item" from his car into the wasteland, according to evidence presented before Bradford Crown Court.
Khan stated he "had some garbage and had been throwing it" after seeing the video.
In actuality, Somaiya was that "trash," as Mr. Pitter put it.
At the time of the killing, Somaiya was residing with her grandmother and another relative in accordance with the requirements of a Forced Marriage Protection Order.
This was a result of her father's attempts to use "threat of violence" to get her to marry a first cousin who was from Pakistan.
He was "humiliated and incandescent with wrath" when Somaiya declined the offer and told the police what he intended to do.
He arrived for the last time at around 3.50 p.m. after having a key made for the house.
The final SMS sent from Somaiya's phone before it was turned off were sent at this point.
After doing some online research for "huge, one tonne capacity, rubble sacks," the assailant moved to the Carter Gate Works industrial yard.
His attorney said that Somaiya's "humiliated" father had a "motive" to murder her and had recently boarded a one-way journey to Pakistan.
But after nine hours of discussion, the jury unanimously decided that Khan was guilty of murder.
Outside of court, a friend named Fatima Patel spoke on behalf of Somaiya's family, saying: "Their emotions are still all over the place, they're still hurting, but there is some type of closure for them.
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