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BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Former West Yorkshire PC admits three misconduct charges
A former West Yorkshire Police officer has pleaded guilty to three counts of misconduct in a public Yamin, 30, admitted the offences at Bradford Crown Court on denied a further 10 counts of misconduct in a public office, which are said to have taken place between November 2019 and May 2022 while he was working in Yamin, of Branksome Grove, in Shipley, has been released on bail ahead of his trial, which has been scheduled for 10 August 2026. The court heard the three charges he admitted related to allowing and facilitating unauthorised access to a police computer and sharing police information with further charges include an allegation he had offered to supply police batons in May Yamin resigned from the force in 2023. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
The Independent
2 days ago
- The Independent
CCTV image released by police shows man boarding bus smiling after killing wife
Footage released by police has shown the moment a man was caught on CCTV smiling as he boarded a bus after tracking his wife to a women's refuge and stabbing her to death. Habibur Masum, 27, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 28 years for murdering Kulsuma Akter as she pushed their baby in a pram before calmly walking away, leaving their seven-month-old son behind. The prosecution told jurors during the trial that CCTV footage of Masum's movements after the attack showed a 'smiling killer'. Bradford Crown Court heard Ms Akter had fled to a refuge in Bradford to escape her husband after he held a knife to her throat 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. Ms Akter left the refuge on April 6 last year and as she was walking in the city centre with a friend, pushing her baby in a pram, Masum confronted her. He was seen on CCTV trying to steer Ms 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. The footage of the attack, played during the trial, captured Ms Akter's screams as Masum stabbed her at least 25 times, put her on the ground and kicked her 'as a final insult' before lifting her head and deliberately cutting her throat. Mr Wood said: 'He grabs Kulsuma and pushes her into a wall, stabbing her to the body. You will see that Kulsuma then goes to the ground only for the defendant to launch a ferocious and deadly attack. 'When the defendant had finished stabbing her, as a final act of sheer gratuitous violence, he kicks Kulsuma before moving away, but not before ensuring that he disposed of the knife.' Footage released by police after Masum's conviction showed him calmly walking away from the murder scene and through Bradford city centre. Mr Wood, who showed the footage of Masum walking through Bradford to jurors, said it showed no signs of him being 'distressed', as he had claimed in his evidence. Of the close-up of Masum getting on a bus smiling, Mr Wood said it 'removed all possible doubt' about his state of mind. 'There were no tears, there was no distress,' he said during the trial. 'Perhaps, members of the jury, the smile you can clearly see form as he gets on that bus is as a result of him thinking at that point he's getting away. The smiling killer.' During the trial, Masum refused to watch footage of the attack but jurors heard that during his first police interview he requested to see it, with Mr Wood saying he wanted to see what officers 'had on him'.
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Habibur Masum tormented wife with sick Snapchat 'countdown' to family's death
WARNING DISTURBING: Kulsuma Akter was stabbed to death on the streets of Bradford following a harrowing stalking campaign from her violent and controlling husband Habibur Masum Habibur Masum threatened to kill members of his wife's family in a twisted Snapchat countdown days before he stabbed her to death in broad daylight. Masum, 27, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 28 years in jail today after being convicted for the murder of his wife Kulsuma Akter, with whom he had moved to the UK in 2022, in a chilling broad daylight knife attack on the streets of Bradford. Bradford Crown Court heard today that the mum, who was also 27, had been lured from a woman's refuge by Masum and was wheeling their seven-month-old son in a pushchair when he stabbed her 26 times in the street, leaving her to bleed out with a slit throat. Just days before the sickening attack, Masum had attempted to force her into meeting him by threatening to kill members of her family. Speaking in court before delivering his final sentencing of Masum, judge Mr Justice Barry Cotter documented a horrific stalking campaign carried out by Masum in the days before he murdered Ms Akter. He told how Masum first tried to lure the mum by making threats to her brother after she had settled into a woman's refuge and "made friends" following a previous incident in which he had threatened to murder the mum. He said: "You threatened the five members of Kulsuma's family who live in the UK. "You messaged Kulsuma's brother, stating: 'If I don't get my family back by the 1st (of April) I will kill everyone.' And [you] messaged Kulsuma on Snapchat stating: 'I will kill five of them.' You then did a daily countdown." Ms Akter was left "mentally disturbed" following the countdown, the judge added, and said Masum decided afterwards to travel from Oldham to Bradford, where he eventually killed the mum. After travelling to the town where she was living at the time, Mr Justice Cotter said he was caught on CCTV "loitering in the area of the refuge" before sending the mum a Snapchat showing the building. He sent the video as he "wanted her to know that you had tracked her", the judge said. It was planned for Ms Akter to be removed from the refuge, but killed on April 6 before authorities were able to transfer her. Masum was ultimately able to lure his victim from the refuge after falsely claiming via Facebook that he was in Spain, giving the mum a false sense of security. He stabbed her death as she walked into Bradford centre while wheeling her young son in a pushchair after confronting her on the street.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- The Guardian
Man who stabbed wife to death in Bradford street jailed for 28 years
A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years after he was convicted of murdering his estranged wife, stabbing her a number of times as she pushed their baby in a pram. Habibur Masum, 26, of Burnley, Lancashire, was found guilty of the murder in June after a trial at Bradford crown court. He was also convicted of one count of assault, one count of making threats to kill, and a third count of stalking. Kulsuma Akter, 27, was shopping in Bradford when Masum confronted her. She was living in a refuge at the time, having fled the home they shared due to his violence and domestic abuse. He had tracked her down, and confronted her while she was walking with a friend and pushing her baby son in a pram. Masum had previously sent her messages described by prosecutors as 'menacing', which contained threats to kill and photos and videos of the area and safe house where she was staying. When Akter refused his attempts at reconciling the marriage, he repeatedly stabbed her in an attack in broad daylight on a busy street. Akter died from her injuries later that day. Masum fled the scene but was quickly identified as a suspect after the attack was caught on CCTV. He was arrested three days later 175 miles south of Bradford, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Masum had already pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to manslaughter and possession of a bladed knife. His guilty plea to manslaughter was not accepted by the prosecution, who proceeded with the murder trial.
The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
YouTuber, 26, who stalked wife before stabbing her to death in ambush attack as she pushed their baby in pram is jailed
A YOUTUBER who stalked his wife before stabbing her to death in a horrifying ambush attack in front of their baby has been jailed for life. Controlling husband Habibur Masum stabbed his wife to death as she pushed their baby in a pram after tracking her to a women's refuge. 4 4 4 The 27-year-old was found guilty of murdering Kulsuma Akter, also 27, in a 'ferocious' knife attack in broad daylight. He left her bleeding to death and calmly walked away, leaving their seven-month-old son behind. At a hearing at Bradford Crown Court, Mr Justice Cotter handed the killer a life sentence with a minimum term of 28 years. The judge described how he "viciously and mercilessly" attacked Kulsuma, "slit her throat and stamped on her". Masum was convicted of murder, one count of assault by beating, making a threat to kill and stalking. He showed "no remorse, only self pity", the judge said. Sentencing him, the judge told said: "Had she not been tricked out of the refuge by you, she would have been moved to another. "You bought a new phone so she wouldn't recognise your number and sent quite convincing texts pretending to be a GP. He added: "I have no doubt, that fearful of you as she was, she did nothing to provoke you. "You pulled a knife out of your pocket and attacked her in full view of passersby. The footage was very distressing to view. "She sustained 26 wounds to her neck, face, and chest. Her injuries included defensive ones. "You intended to kill her. You calmly walked off after the attack. "The wounds you inflicted were unsurvivable. That was your intention. As attempts were made to save her life, you walked off to catch a bus. "You booked an Uber to Birmingham. You were not distressed. You put your phone on airplane mode so you would not be located. "You shaved your beard, cut your hair, changed your clothes. But you were unlucky. Your jaw, which you had problems with in the past, dislocated again as you yawned. "Although you gave a false name to get treatment, you were arrested." He said there was a significant degree of planning after he "stalked" his wife and made plans to leave the country. The judge added: "It was sustained and excessively violent in a busy city centre on a Saturday afternoon. Those involved are unlikely to ever forget it." The court heard the killer husband had depression, and his personality was "controlling, angry and possessive". His depression "turned up the volume" of this and impacted his self control. But the contribution of this to the murder was "exaggerated", the judge ruled. He pointed to "clever false messages" and fake posts on social media as he pretended to be in Spain - all the while buying a knife and planning to escape after killing his wife. "It was calm and collected. You never lost control." Jurors at his trial heard Masum chillingly stalked Kulsuma 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. He tried to lure her out by sending her fake messages from a local GP practice pretending their son had an appointment. The court heard Kulsuma 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. CCTV footage of the attack captured her screams as Masum stabbed her at least 25 times. Jurors heard he then calmly walked through Bradford city centre and was seen on CCTV grinning as he got on a bus, believing at that point he was getting away. Masum travelled almost 200 miles south to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, and was arrested in the early hours of April 9 in a car park near Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he had gone to be treated for 'lockjaw'. The trial heard the relationship between Masum and Kulsuma was 'an abusive relationship characterised by his jealousy, possessiveness and controlling behaviour'. The couple met and married in Bangladesh, and came to the UK in 2022 after he obtained a student visa and enrolled on a Masters course to study marketing. They moved into a house in Oldham together in September 2022. On November 23 2023, he became jealous over a 'completely innocuous' message Kulsuma received from a male colleague and held a knife to her throat. Masum told her: "I am going to murder you, and the police will be taking me." The next day, after coming home from work, he went into their bedroom carrying a knife and said: "Tell me what your relationship is with him, or I will kill you." A female family member who was concerned for the new mum's safety called police and Masum was arrested that night. He was later charged with two offences of assault by beating and one offence of making a threat to kill. The court heard Kulsuma told a social worker she "believed that one day her husband would kill her" and was moved to accommodation in Bradford in January 2024. Despite being barred from contacting his wife, Masum messaged her saying if she did not return by April 1, he would kill her brothers. The court heard the refuge called police but the following day, Masum sent a Snapchat video of Bradford station with a message saying he had "come to her town". Kulsuma decided to leave him, being moved to the Bradford refuge by Oldham social services in January 2024.
