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A man who brutally stabbed his estranged wife to death in broad daylight in Bradford city centre has been sentenced to life in jail.
Habibur Masum murdered Kulsuma Akter as she pushed her baby in his pram, on Saturday, April 6 last year.
Masum launched a “ferocious” knife attack on Akter before leaving her bleeding to death and calmly walking away, leaving their seven-month-old son behind.
Now, the Honourable Mr Justice Cotter sentenced him to life in prison with a minimum term of 28 years.
Masum’s student visa expired on June 20 this year but he will have to serve the minimum term before the Home Office can deport him
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Habibur Masum has been jailed
They moved into a house in Oldham together in September 2022. On November 23 2023, he became jealous over a “completely innocuous” message Akter received from a male colleague and held a knife to her throat.
He was arrested and Akter decided to leave him, being moved to the Bradford refuge by Oldham social services in January 2024.
Jurors at his trial heard Masum followed Akter to a refuge in Bradford where she had been staying to escape him after he held a knife to her throat at their home in Greater Manchester.
After finding her through her phone location, Masum loitered in streets around the hostel and sent her messages threatening to kill her family members if she did not return to him, before trying to lure her out by sending her fake messages from a local GP practice pretending their son had an appointment.
The court heard Akter eventually felt safe enough to leave the refuge on April 6 last year after Masum updated his Facebook page falsely claiming to be in Spain.
As she was walking in the city centre with a friend, pushing her baby in a pram, Masum confronted her, before stabbing her 25 times.
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