A physically abusive "caveman" dentist, who made his jealous new bride's life hell, broke her jaw as she tried to force the family car into the path of oncoming traffic, a court heard.
Dentist Khalid Faiz, 47, and 44 year-old Hina Yakub, a cargo executive with the Emirates airline, kept up the pretence of a happy marriage, despite the violence inside their suburban home.
"They were a high-flying couple and to the outside observer they were doing very well," prosecutor Mr. Roger Daniells-Smith told the Croydon Crown Court jury yesterday.
"They were prosperous and apparently happy, but behind closed doors it was a different scene.
"As soon as they got married things started to go badly and rapidly downhill and the marriage effectively lasted one year. The downfall was domestic violence."
Father-of-three Faiz, of South Eden Park Road, Beckenham, who has a dental surgery at Southborough Lane, Bromley claims his ex is "violent and emotionally unstable."
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of causing actual bodily harm to Hina on March 13 and June 29, 2010 and causing her grievous bodily harm on July 23.
The court heard just six weeks after their marriage - the second for both of them - Faiz attacked his new wife in the matrimonial home.
"He lost his temper and started slapping and punching her in the face, knocking her to the floor," explained Mr. Daniells-Smith.
"He sat on her, continued punching her, and then placed his foot on her chest, injuring her breastbone, and making it difficult for her to breathe. He effectively stamped on her.
"They put a brave face on it that nothing was going on when visiting his family, but Hina was struggling to breathe and did not eat anything.
"Her in-laws thought she was aloof, but she was in terrible pain and then went to hospital and lied to the doctors, telling them a weight had fallen on her chest at the gym."
The second assault also took place at the family home. "The defendant lost his temper and struck her," said Mr. Daniells-Smith.
"He was also grabbing her by the arms, causing her bruising, and bent the fingers on her right hand back."
Again Hina failed to report her husband to the police. "She was concerned about the shame and humiliation it would bring on the family."
By July she was convinced her husband was having an affair.
"She decided to confront him and burst into the dental surgery unexpectedly," said the prosecutor. "She grabbed the phone Mr. Faiz was using and left.
"He chased her and put her into his car to drive her home and as they were driving she grabbed the wheel and turned it into the oncoming traffic.
"He struck her in the face, he broke her jaw. Blood was splattered all over the inside of the windscreen.
"When they got home he dragged her upstairs by the hair, smearing blood on the walls, and hit her again. It was caveman stuff.
"She grabbed all of the tablets she could in the house and took them, attempting suicide," said Mr. Daniells-Smith. "She rang all the members of her family, including her mother and twenty-two year-old daughter to say goodbye."
Police found Hina wandering the streets and she later reported the assaults.
When quizzed Faiz claimed she was prone to epileptic fits and had injured herself in falls.
"He said she he was driving she was trying to kill them both and he had no choice, but to strike her."
Trial continues………….
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