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A "violent, jealous, controlling" husband who stabbed his wife to death as she pushed their baby in a pram after tracking her to a women’s refuge has been found guilty of murder.
Habibur Masum launched a "ferocious" knife attack in broad daylight on Kulsuma Akter before leaving her "bleeding to death in the gutter" and calmly walking away, leaving their seven-month-old son behind.
A court heard Masum, 26, followed Akter, 27, to a refuge in Bradford where she had been staying to escape him after he held a knife to her throat following an assault at their home in Greater Manchester.
After finding her through her phone location, Masum was seen on CCTV in the days leading up to the fatal attack "loitering, watching and waiting" in streets around the hostel, jurors heard.
A previous mugshot of Habibur Masum
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WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE
Flowers left at the scene in Bradford following the incident | PA
He 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 and warning of "increasingly dire consequences" if she did not attend.
Bradford Crown 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, the trial heard.
He was seen on CCTV trying to steer Akter and the pram away before pulling a knife from his jacket and launching the "brutal attack" when he realised she was not coming with him, prosecutor Stephen Wood KC told jurors.
Habibur Masum launched a "ferocious" knife attack in broad daylight on Kulsuma Akter before leaving her "bleeding to death in the gutter" and calmly walking away, leaving their seven-month-old son behind.
A court heard Masum, 26, followed Akter, 27, to a refuge in Bradford where she had been staying to escape him after he held a knife to her throat following an assault at their home in Greater Manchester.
After finding her through her phone location, Masum was seen on CCTV in the days leading up to the fatal attack "loitering, watching and waiting" in streets around the hostel, jurors heard.
A previous mugshot of Habibur Masum
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WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE
Flowers left at the scene in Bradford following the incident | PA
He 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 and warning of "increasingly dire consequences" if she did not attend.
Bradford Crown 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, the trial heard.
He was seen on CCTV trying to steer Akter and the pram away before pulling a knife from his jacket and launching the "brutal attack" when he realised she was not coming with him, prosecutor Stephen Wood KC told jurors.
