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| Habibur Masum guilty of murdering wife in Bradford knife attack | Habibur Masum guilty of murdering wife in Bradford knife attack |
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| Habibur Masum had denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possession of a bladed article | Habibur Masum had denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possession of a bladed article |
| A man who stabbed his wife to death in front of their infant son after tracking her to a refuge has been found guilty of murder. | A man who stabbed his wife to death in front of their infant son after tracking her to a refuge has been found guilty of murder. |
| Habibur Masum stabbed Kulsuma Akter more than 25 times after confronting her in Bradford while she pushed their seven-month-old son in a pram in April 2024. The baby was unharmed. | Habibur Masum stabbed Kulsuma Akter more than 25 times after confronting her in Bradford while she pushed their seven-month-old son in a pram in April 2024. The baby was unharmed. |
| Bradford Crown Court heard Ms Akter, 27, had been living in a refuge in the city since January after Masum held a knife to her throat at their home in Oldham. | Bradford Crown Court heard Ms Akter, 27, had been living in a refuge in the city since January after Masum held a knife to her throat at their home in Oldham. |
| Masum, 26, of Leamington Avenue in Burnley, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possession of a bladed article but was convicted of murder after a trial. | Masum, 26, of Leamington Avenue in Burnley, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possession of a bladed article but was convicted of murder after a trial. |
| He was also convicted of one count of assault by beating, making a threat to kill and stalking. | He was also convicted of one count of assault by beating, making a threat to kill and stalking. |
| His trial heard Ms Akter left the hostel to meet a friend on the day of the attack in the belief that Masum was away in Spain. | His trial heard Ms Akter left the hostel to meet a friend on the day of the attack in the belief that Masum was away in Spain. |
| However, he later confronted her in the city centre having tracked her through her phone location. | However, he later confronted her in the city centre having tracked her through her phone location. |
| Masum was seen on CCTV attempting to take control of the pram and steer Ms Akter away with him. | Masum was seen on CCTV attempting to take control of the pram and steer Ms Akter away with him. |
| He pulled a knife from his jacket and repeatedly stabbed her after she refused to go with him. | He pulled a knife from his jacket and repeatedly stabbed her after she refused to go with him. |
| The wannabe dad influencer who killed his baby's mother in cold blood | |
| The trial heard he calmly walked away after the "ferocious" attack on 6 April and was pictured grinning on CCTV as he boarded a bus, with prosecutors describing him as the "smiling killer". | |
| Masum then travelled almost 200 miles (321km) south to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, sparking a nationwide manhunt. | Masum then travelled almost 200 miles (321km) south to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, sparking a nationwide manhunt. |
| He was arrested in the early hours of 9 April in a car park near Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he had gone to be treated for "lockjaw". | |
| Kulsuma Akter was pronounced dead at the scene in Bradford on 6 April 2024 | |
| In the days leading up to the attack, Masum was seen "loitering, watching and waiting" in streets around the hostel, jurors heard. | |
| He sent messages threatening to kill family members if she did not return to him, before trying to lure her out by sending fake messages from a local GP practice. | |
| The texts claimed their son had an appointment and warned of "increasingly dire consequences" if she did not attend, the trial was told. | |
| Masum will be sentenced on 22 July. | |
| Reacting to the conviction, Det Ch Insp Stacey Atkinson, of West Yorkshire Police, said Ms Akter had "suffered a brutal attack in broad daylight whilst her baby son was in his pram". | |
| "Kulsuma's family have been left absolutely devastated by her death, I hope today's conviction will bring them a sense of justice in knowing that the man responsible has been found guilty," she said. | |
| CCTV captured the moment Masum confronted Kulsuma in the street, seconds before she was attacked | |
| Jurors were told the couple met and married in Bangladesh and came to the UK in 2022 after Masum obtained a student visa and enrolled on a Masters course. | |
| They initially lived apart but moved into a house together in Oldham in September 2022. | |
| Ms Akter left the home briefly to stay with her brother in July 2023 due to his controlling behaviour, the court heard, but returned when he threatened to harm himself. | |
| In November 2023 he became jealous over a "completely innocuous" message she received from a male colleague, prosecutors said. | |
| The following day he went into their bedroom carrying a knife and held it to her throat. | |
| Ms Akter's sister-in-law called police and Masum was arrested, with Ms Akter moved to the Bradford refuge by social services in January 2024. | |
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