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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Payne

Husband who killed wife in knife attack as she pushed pram jailed for life

Habibur Masum was jailed for a minimum of 28 years on Tuesday (West Yorkshire Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A controlling husband who “viciously and mercilessly” murdered his wife in a knife attack while she was pushing their baby in a pram has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years.

Kulsuma Akter was left bleeding to death by 27-year-old Habibur Masum, who had stalked her to a women’s refuge in Bradford and attacked her in broad daylight.

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