A 49-year-old mother from Birmingham was stabbed to death on the doorstep of her home after an argument with her gambling-addicted husband.<\/p>\n
Parvez Akhtar plunged a combat style knife into his wife\u2019s chest after she had asked him to leave.<\/p>\n
Akhtar, 46, admitted a charge of murdering Shaeen Akhtar has been jailed for life.<\/p>\n
Judge Mark Wall QC said he must serve a minimum of 20 years before being considered for release.<\/p>\n
Robert Price, prosecuting at Birmingham Crown Court, said Akhtar and the victim lived in a three bedroom terraced house in Wright Road, Washwood Heath with their children who were aged between four and 26.<\/p>\n
Shaeen worked at home as a seamstress and was described as hard-working and strong willed while her husband had developed both an addiction to gambling and drinking.<\/p>\n
There were times when Akhtar, after drinking, would become aggressive and \u201ctake it out\u201d on his wife and he also stole from her to feed his gambling addiction.<\/p>\n
Akhtar stole \u00a3200 from his wife a day before killing her, he had gone out and did not return until around 3pm the following day on October 15.<\/p>\n
They had then argued and his wife was asking him to leave holding the front door open which he was trying to push shut.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe then quickly pulled out a knife from the right side of his trousers and stabbed Shaeen with it to the left side of her chest, \u201c said Mr Price.<\/p>\n
He said the weapon he used was a combat style knife which he would take out of the house as protection.<\/p>\n
Their eldest son \u201cbravely\u201d tried to intervene and pushed his father away while his mother fled to the lounge where she collapsed.<\/p>\n
Attempts were made to give her CPR but she died from massive blood loss.<\/p>\n
Akhtar drove off from the scene but was later stopped by police and arrested in Alum Rock.<\/p>\n
In a statement Adeil Akhtar, aged 26, said his mother had the \u201cthe most beautiful soul\u201d and was a very caring person.<\/p>\n
He said her death had left him and his siblings: \u201cBroken, hurt, confused and empty\u201d and that they were devastated.<\/p>\n
Judge Wall said \u201cYou lost your temper. This is a tragic example of why habitually carrying knives is so dangerous.<\/p>\n
You did what you did while the children were at home and some of them witnessed it. There can be few things so distressing as watching a loved one die from a violent act.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Evans QC, defending, said Akhtar had been affected by seeing his mother kill his father when he was nine and that his remorse was genuine.<\/p>\n
He said he had gambled away the money he stole from his wife and when he returned felt ashamed and upset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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