Overview

• Azizur Rahman received 11 years and 16 weeks for kidnap, robbery, section 18 assault, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice
• Shohad Miah was sentenced to nine years after being convicted of kidnap, section 20 assault, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice
• The court heard the cocaine-fuelled attack was motivated by revenge over a perceived ritual exorcism performed on Rahman’s stepson
• Greater Manchester Police’s Major Incident Team secured convictions using forensic evidence and linked the pair to the subsequent arson of the getaway Audi
• The imam’s victim impact statement revealed lasting fear, shame and sleep disturbances that have curtailed his community activities