A man in the UK murdered his estranged wife before calmly going to a leisure centre to shower and later claiming that mysterious voices in his head had ordered the killing, a court has heard. The victim, Paria Veisi, 37, was stabbed multiple times at her husband Alireza Askari’s home in Cardiff after the couple had separated and she had moved out less than two weeks earlier. Prosecutors said the attack appeared to be planned, with Askari purchasing kitchen knives earlier that day. After the killing, he allegedly attempted to cover up the crime with the help of a relative, burying Veisi’s body in a makeshift grave in the garden and sending messages from her phone to make it appear she had left the country.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that Veisi went to Askari’s home on Foster Drive in Penylan on April 12, 2025, following a phone call between the pair. Prosecutors said that shortly after her arrival, Askari stabbed her several times in the neck and upper chest inside the conservatory of the house.
