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Killed in wedding dress
A BRIDE-TO-BE was stabbed to death by a cousin as she dressed for her wedding — after some family members disapproved of her groom. Sahjda Bibi, 21, was butchered 22 times with a kitchen knife in her bedroom. Killer Rafaqat Hussain, 38, struck when the groom arrived at the house — then fled and was on a flight to Pakistan within three hours, a jury heard yesterday.
Prosecutor Timothy Raggatt QC told Birmingham Crown Court: "A young Muslim girl was to marry an older man with a less than pristine background as far as some of her family were concerned. There was tension and strife within that family and the plan to murder that young woman was hatched.
"Shaukat! The brazen hussy must be killed!"
"You're right, Chaudry. It's a matter of family honor. His brother killed a second cousin by marriage of my uncle Mahmoud's."
"And I've heard that one of his fourth cousins is married to someone who's not a Bugti!"
"That's right. I've heard that, too. And the cake! Chocolate for a wedding cake?"
"Fatimah! Where's my good knife?" |
"Within a few moments what should have been a very happy day was shattered in the most brutal fashion."
| Ummm... Yasss. Being butchered would tend to ruin your day, even if you weren't getting married... |
Machine operator Hussain had arrived for the celebrations in Alum Rock, Birmingham, from his home in Camberley, Surrey, with £1,000, the knife and two passports, the court heard.
| Nothing out of the ordinary there... |
He was driven to Heathrow by cousin Tafarak Hussain who played a key part the plot, it was claimed.
| Driving the getaway car's a key part... |
Rafaqat Hussain returned to the UK and admitted murder at an earlier hearing. Tafarak Hussain, 25, denies murder. The trial continues.
| "Nope. Nope. It wudn't murder. It was... ummm... something else." |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-10-07 |
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