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<\/p>\nA man who murdered his ex-wife and buried her under patio slabs in his back garden has been jailed.<\/p>\n
“Cold-blooded” Alireza Askari, 42, admitted killing Paria Veisi, 37, at the property they had previously shared in Penylan, Cardiff, on 12 April last year.<\/p>\n
Cardiff Crown Court heard how he then hid her body underneath a “makeshift grave” concealed by patio slabs, soil and newly-planted flowers.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Mrs Justice Stacey sentenced Askari to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years.<\/p>\n
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\n Paria Veisi, 37, had recently split up with Askari. Pic: South Wales Police<\/p>\n
The court previously heard Askari and Ms Veisi moved to the UK from Iran in 2010 and had married, but were living separately at the time of the murder.<\/p>\n
Police later discovered that he was texting a woman in Iran – thought to be his girlfriend.<\/p>\n
In one message he said: “I’m planning for them to kill her in Iran.”<\/p>\n
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\n Maryam Delavary, 48, was jailed for helping her nephew Alireza Askari cover up the killing. Pic: PA<\/p>\n
On the day of the attack he purchased a set of kitchen knives from a supermarket before enlisting his aunt, Maryam Delavary, 48, to bring him bleach, compost and plants.<\/p>\n
“On arrival, Maryam Delavary was to assist in the covering up of Paria’s murder,” William Hughes KC, prosecuting, said.<\/p>\n
The next day a friend of Ms Veisi’s contacted police, fearing she was “being kept against her will by her ex-husband”.<\/p>\n
On 15 April, Askari was arrested driving to Cardiff. Inside his car were canisters containing caustic soda.<\/p>\n
“These chemicals, say the prosecution, were to be used in the destruction of Paria’s remains,” Mr Hughes added.<\/p>\n
Following a search of the property, Ms Veisi’s body was found in the rear garden beneath patio slabs, soil and newly-planted flowers.<\/p>\n
She had suffered four stab wounds, with injuries to her chest and neck.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Addressing Askari, Mrs Justice Stacey said: “She was in the prime of her life, her death has destroyed her family’s happiness, as you knew it would.<\/p>\n “You killed your ex-wife because she wanted a divorce and had left you less than two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n “Your hypocrisy was staggering – at the same time you wanted (Paria) out of the way so you could take up with your girlfriend in Iran.”<\/p>\n Read more from Sky News: Askari, of Penylan, Cardiff, had previously pleaded guilty to murder and preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body at Cardiff Crown Court.<\/p>\n A further charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm was ordered to lie on file.<\/p>\n Delavary of Australia Road, White City Estate, west London, previously pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice.<\/p>\n She was sentenced to five years and six months imprisonment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man who murdered his ex-wife and buried her under patio slabs in his back garden has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-474305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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