Overview

• Jurors at Bradford Crown Court convicted 26-year-old Habibur Masum on June 27 of murdering his estranged wife, along with assault, making threats to kill and stalking, and he faces sentencing on July 22.
• CCTV evidence showed he stabbed 27-year-old Kulsuma Akter more than 25 times and cut her throat in a broad daylight attack while her seven-month-old son sat unharmed in a pram.
• Prosecutors said Masum tracked Ms Akter to a women’s refuge using her phone location and fake messages, demonstrating premeditation and coercive control.
• After the murder, he fled nearly 200 miles to Aylesbury and was arrested three days later near Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he sought treatment for lockjaw.
• The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched a review of West Yorkshire Police’s handling of Ms Akter’s earlier abuse reports, highlighting concerns over safeguarding procedures.