HUDDERSFIELD FAMILY JAILED FOR LEAVING WIFE IN VEGETATIVE STATE
A husband and his parents were jailed after they left his wife in a vegetative state at their home in Huddersfield.
Ambreen Fatima Sheikh has never woken up after she fell unconscious in July 2015.
An ambulance was called to the home in Clara Street, Huddersfield that she shared with her husband Asgar Sheikh, 30, father-in-law Khalid Sheikh, 55, mother-in-law Shabnam Sheikh, 53, and brother and sister-in-law Sakalayne, 24 and Shafuga Sheikh, 29.
In December it took a jury at Leeds Crown Court 10 hours and 21 minutes to deliver unanimous guilty verdicts in the case for causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical harm.
Only Sakalyne, was found not guilty.
The judge jailed Shabnam, Asgar and Khalid Sheikh for seven years and nine months and handed Shafuga Sheikh a sentence of 18 months, suspended for two years and Sakalayne Sheikh one of six months suspended for two years.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
Asia
Continent
from Saudi Arabia
- based on surname
36.1%
confidence
First-name region
Asia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
26.0%
Surname region
Asia
Saudi Arabia
36.1%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
t guilty. The judge jailed Shabnam, Asgar and Khalid Sheikh for seven years and nine months and handed Shafuga Sheikh a sentence of 18 months, suspended for two years and Sakalayne Sheikh one of six months suspended for two years.
Prison sentence
A husband and his parents were jailed after they left his wife in a vegetative state at their home in Huddersfield
Suspended sentence
two years
The judge jailed Shabnam, Asgar and Khalid Sheikh for seven years and nine months and handed Shafuga Sheikh a sentence of 18 months, suspended for two years and Sakalayne Sheikh one of six months suspended for two years
