Overview
- Alireza Askari, 42, pleaded guilty to murdering 37-year-old Paria Veisi at Cardiff Crown Court after previously denying the charge.
- He had earlier admitted manslaughter and preventing a lawful and decent burial, with an assault charge ordered to lie on file.
- Veisi was reported missing after her black Mercedes was found abandoned, and her body was discovered days later in a Penylan garden.
- A post-mortem and inquest opening recorded multiple stab wounds to her neck and upper chest as the cause of death.
- Askari’s aunt, Maryam Delavary, 48, has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, and about 100 people later attended a memorial service for Veisi in Cardiff Bay.