Lawyer Gets Life For Beating Wife To Death

A solicitor, who beat his wife to death and told her family: “Come take your sister's dead body from my flat,” has ben jailed for life.

Mohammed Habib Rahman, 32, (pictured) regularly beat 32 year-old Jasmin Chowdhury and previous attacks resulted in a black eye and a broken finger.

However, she remained silent and never reported these assaults to police.

He was convicted at the Old Bailey of murdering Mrs Chowdhury at their East London home in Stanliff House, Cassilis Road, where she was found with serious head injuries on December 17, last year and will serve a minimum of 18 years.

Relatives had raised the alarm after being unable to reach her and receiving a series of shocking texts from the defendant, which indicated she was dead

Police forced entry to the property and rushed Mrs Chowdhury to the Royal London Hospital, but she died three days later.

Rahman was arrested on December 18 when officers spotted his car in Commercial Road.

Investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector John Nicholson, from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command (HSCC), said: "Rahman is a violent man and it is clear his wife had suffered at his hands before.

“During the investigation a friend of Jasmine's told us she had seen her with previous 'accidental' injuries including a black eye and a broken finger, although Jasmin never contacted police.



"We are satisfied at the conviction and would urge anyone suffering from domestic violence to get in touch with police.

“We take all cases extremely seriously and this tragic murder shows just what can happen if matters escalate."



Jasmin's family said: "We are devastated by the loss of our sister.

“We wanted justice for her.

“Jasmin was a kind, caring, thoughtful, selfless and beautiful person.

“We miss her dearly and love her so much. Words cannot describe how traumatised we are, having had our sister taken away from us forever in such a horrific manner."