GLASGOW MAN JAILED FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE WHILE SHE SLEPT
A man convicted of killing his wife by striking her repeatedly on the head with an unknown heavy blunt instrument was sentenced to five and a half years in prison.The incident occurred at their residence on Dixon Avenue in Glasgow on September 24 of the previous year.
Following the attack, Asghar Buksh, aged 55 and a shopkeeper, surrendered himself at Cathcart police station and admitted: "I've come to hand myself in.
I think my wife's dead.
I hit her on the head.
I did it." Forensic experts indicated that Nasreen Buksh, a mother of six, was probably assaulted while she was sleeping, as suggested by the lack of defensive wounds and her body’s position.
Buksh inflicted at least five blows with an object that has not been recovered.
Originally charged with murder, he pleaded guilty to culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility, citing reactive stress disorder.
The sentencing judge, Lord Burns, took into account Buksh’s early admission of guilt, which resulted in a reduction from an initial sentence of eight years to five and a half years.
The court also noted that Buksh had no history of domestic abuse and was genuinely amnesic regarding the events.
The couple, married for a quarter of a century, had been separated for more than ten years, with their relationship deteriorating after Mrs.
Buksh traveled to Pakistan in May of the previous year and became involved with another man.
Buksh was concerned that his wife would take their youngest child, aged 10, to Pakistan and not return.
Psychiatrists confirmed that Buksh was experiencing an abnormal mental state during the incident.
The defense team emphasized his remorse and grief, asserting that he was not a malicious man despite his actions.
