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| Tanveer Iqbal: Spurned mistress and ex-husband jailed for car boot murder | Tanveer Iqbal: Spurned mistress and ex-husband jailed for car boot murder |
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| A spurned mistress has been jailed for life after been found guilty of murdering her lover and putting his body in the boot of his car. | A spurned mistress has been jailed for life after been found guilty of murdering her lover and putting his body in the boot of his car. |
| Zatoon Bibi, 37, enlisted the help of her ex-husband Gul Nawaz, 45, to murder DJ and music producer Tanveer Iqbal. | Zatoon Bibi, 37, enlisted the help of her ex-husband Gul Nawaz, 45, to murder DJ and music producer Tanveer Iqbal. |
| Nawaz was handed a life term and their 16-year-old son was detained for six years after also being convicted of murder at Birmingham Crown Court. | |
| Mr Iqbal, 33, of Smethwick, was found strangled on 2 February. | Mr Iqbal, 33, of Smethwick, was found strangled on 2 February. |
| Bibi plotted revenge after being rejected by Mr Iqbal and his remains were found crammed into a cardboard box in his car, the jury was told during the six-week trial. | |
| More on this and other Birmingham and Black Country stories | More on this and other Birmingham and Black Country stories |
| A 17-year-old girl who admitted perverting the course or justice after providing a false alibi will be sentenced on Friday. | |
| Judge Mark Wall said Bibi must serve a minimum 27-year sentence and told her: "Your selfishness and manipulative behaviour are truly breathtaking." | |
| Gul Nawaz, of Roway Lane, Oldbury, must serve a minimum term of 25 years. | |
| The judge lifted a reporting restriction to name their 16-year-old son Kashim Nawaz as the third person convicted of Mr Iqbal's murder. | |
| He told Bibi: "You were the one person pushing your own son to commit murder." | |
| Mr Iqbal and Bibi had an "unconventional and complicated relationship" which their spouses were "fully aware" of, the court had heard. | |
| During her relationship with the DJ, she had met his wife and chatted as "sisters" by text, the jury heard. | During her relationship with the DJ, she had met his wife and chatted as "sisters" by text, the jury heard. |
| However, in August last year Mr Iqbal banned the pair from contacting one another and was angry after discovering in January they had continued to talk in secret. | However, in August last year Mr Iqbal banned the pair from contacting one another and was angry after discovering in January they had continued to talk in secret. |
| QC Sally Howes said: "It is clear that in the period leading up to January 31, Zatoon Bibi is stirring up trouble between Mr Iqbal and his wife." | |
| Bibi sent a video to Mrs Iqbal of a sexual nature involving Mr Iqbal, which led to him ending their affair, Ms Howes said. | Bibi sent a video to Mrs Iqbal of a sexual nature involving Mr Iqbal, which led to him ending their affair, Ms Howes said. |
| He was killed after Bibi lured her former lover to her home in Bridgeburn Road, Birmingham, on 31 January, claiming she wanted to give him birthday cake. | |
| CCTV and mobile phone analysis linked Bibi and Nawaz to the killing, and subsequent efforts to abandon his remains. | |
| Det Insp Paul Joyce said: "This case relied largely on circumstantial evidence which, when combined, painted a compelling picture of what was a chilling and calculated pre-meditated murder. | |
| "Although we can't say exactly what happened we do know that together - and with the help of their son - they strangled Tanveer inside Bibi's home," he said. |