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A man has been convicted of murdering a Nepalese student in Glasgow and dismembering and dumping her body. A man has been convicted of murdering a Nepalese student and dismembering her body with a meat cleaver in Glasgow.
A jury at the High Court in Glasgow found Roshan Dantis, 30, guilty of killing 23-year-old Kusbuh Shah at her home in Dennistoun on 1 June last year.A jury at the High Court in Glasgow found Roshan Dantis, 30, guilty of killing 23-year-old Kusbuh Shah at her home in Dennistoun on 1 June last year.
He was also convicted of attempting to defeat the ends of justice and extort cash and a TV from Mrs Shah's husband.He was also convicted of attempting to defeat the ends of justice and extort cash and a TV from Mrs Shah's husband.
Indian-born Dantis was handed a mandatory life sentence and told he must serve at least 24 years in prison.Indian-born Dantis was handed a mandatory life sentence and told he must serve at least 24 years in prison.
During the trial, the court heard how Dantis had moved to the UK with his wife Astrid, having previously completed an engineering course in India. During the trial, the court heard how Dantis met Mrs Shah's husband, Nagendra, in 2008 when they started a business masters degree at Strathclyde University.
He met Mrs Shah's husband, Nagendra, in 2008 when they started a business masters degree at Strathclyde University. The jury was told that he became increasingly jealous of his friends more affluent lifestyle and formed a plan to kill Mrs Shah and extort £120,000 from her husband.
Mr Shah, 32, told the trial how he and Dantis became "very close" and that he would often confide in him. On 1 June 2009, he attacked Mrs Shah at her home in the city's Coventry Drive.
It emerged during the trial that Dantis, who earned a low wage as a football steward, had become consumed with jealousy at the Shah's plans to buy a restaurant in Shetland and other purchases such as a second-hand car and large screen TV. He strangled her before hacking her body with the meat cleaver.
We have ur wife. Don't call police, we are watchin u. If anyone is told we will kill her and u Ransom text sent by Dantis Today Roshan Dantis, has been found guilty of murdering my beautiful wife in the most terrible and terrifying way. He deserves a life sentence for his heinous crime and our family is satisfied that he has been brought to justice Nagendra Shah
He formed a plan to kill Mrs Shah and extort £120,000 from her husband.
Dantis compiled lists on his PC which prosecutors claimed was him "costing out" the murder.
This included him detailing the purchase of a meat cleaver, holdalls, balaclava and cleaning solutions.
He also borrowed books from the library including Devil Bones and another on murders, pathology and forensic detection.
Dantis bought the murder weapon from a Chinese supermarket and was caught on CCTV buying holdalls from a store in Glasgow's east-end days before the killing.
On 1 June 2009, Mrs Shah took her young son, Nikhil, to nursery and had planned to meet her husband later that lunchtime.
Body parts dumped
She returned to her home in the city's Coventry Drive and it was there Dantis attacked her at about 1100 BST.
He strangled her before hacking her body with the cleaver. It is thought he cut off her head and limbs while she was slumped in the bath.
Dantis then put her body in a holdall and dumped it in bushes just a short distance from the flat.Dantis then put her body in a holdall and dumped it in bushes just a short distance from the flat.
He put Mrs Shah's head and hands in bags, along with the cleaver and the top he had been wearing, before ditching them at a nearby railway embankment.He put Mrs Shah's head and hands in bags, along with the cleaver and the top he had been wearing, before ditching them at a nearby railway embankment.
The cleaver used to kill Mrs Shah was found in undergrowth The court was told that following the murder, Dantis tried to extort cash and a TV from Mr Shah but his friend grew suspicious and contacted police.
Mr Shah grew concerned when his wife did not appear and tried repeatedly calling her. When Mrs Shah's remains were eventually discovered, Dantis's DNA was detected on items such as the holdall that contained her body and the cleaver.
That evening, he received a text from her phone, sent by Dantis, which claimed she had been abducted. He denied any involvement throughout the trial and claimed to have been framed.
It included the message: "We have ur wife. Don't call police, we are watchin u. If anyone is told we will kill her and u. Unanimous verdict
"Call ur fat Indian classmate home and sell ur TV to him 300 pounds."
It went on: "Arrange for 120000 pounds and go immediately first train to London. No compromise or u all die."
Mr Shah immediately went to his friend for help but Dantis repeatedly told him not to go the police and agree to the demands.
DNA evidence
Two days later, Mr Shah was sent another text from the "kidnappers" which stated: "This is our final msg to u. We give up searchin for u and follow ur friend.
"Waste of time and money. U will not hr from us again. We go back to London."
Dantis sent this message having bought a new sim card that day.
Mrs Shah's remains were eventually discovered and Dantis's DNA was detected on items such as the holdall that contained her body and the cleaver.
Mrs Shah's remains were discovered inside a holdall
He was also found to have used mobile phones within the area of the Shahs' home around the relevant times.
Police arrested Dantis after days of surveillance on him.
During his interview, he denied being near the Shahs' home on 1 June, but, in court, claimed he had met the demands of a mystery gunman who stormed into his flat.
Dantis said he was told to remove the holdall that had Mrs Shah's body after "things had not gone as expected".
He said that he was being "framed" for the killing and sobbed: "I did not murder Khusbu Shah. That is the truth."
But a jury at the High Court in Glasgow did not believe him and convicted him unanimously of the murder.But a jury at the High Court in Glasgow did not believe him and convicted him unanimously of the murder.
Judge Lord Pentland jailed him for life and also recommended that he be deported at the end of the sentence.Judge Lord Pentland jailed him for life and also recommended that he be deported at the end of the sentence.
"Kusbuh Shah was a vibrant and loving young mother whose husband was one of your best friends," he said.
"You strangled her and then cut off her head and hands. The exact motive for this crime may never be known.
Dantis has shown not a grain of remorse throughout the entire proceedings and has continually lied and changed his story to clearly implausible levels in an attempt to save himself from conviction Det Sup Michael OrrStrathclyde Police
"But, whatever your motive, you planned this crime well in advance and put these plans into effect with chilling composure."
Lord Pentland added that Dantis murdered the young mother in her own home and "desecrated" her body by dumping the remains.
The Shahs married in their homeland of Nepal before arriving in Glasgow in 2008.
In a statement, Mrs Shah's husband said: "Kusbuh was my beautiful wife, Nikhil's perfect mum and Mr and Mrs Jaiswal's lovely daughter.
"She was always cheerful, caring, friendly and helpful. She managed to fit everything in so well with her life: work, study and family. We miss everything about her and we always will.
"She was brutally killed by a ruthless evil man. My four-year-old son, Nikhil, has had to cremate his 23-year-old mum. I wish no other child to have to go through the same pain.
'Dangerous murderer'
"Today Roshan Dantis, has been found guilty of murdering my beautiful wife in the most terrible and terrifying way. He deserves a life sentence for his heinous crime and our family is satisfied that he has been brought to justice."
Mr Shah also thanked police and prosecutors for "bringing Roshan Dantis to justice today for his truly evil and wicked action".
He added: "Finally to my wife, Kusbuh, I love you and miss you very much."
Det Sup Michael Orr, of Strathclyde Police, described Dantis as "one of the most dangerous murderers Scotland has known".
"(This was) a truly shocking case that evidenced a level of preparation and clinical planning that is rarely if ever uncovered in a murder investigation," he said.
"Dantis has shown not a grain of remorse throughout the entire proceedings and has continually lied and changed his story to clearly implausible levels in an attempt to save himself from conviction."