Overview
- Abdul Sami was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years and 91 days.
- The jury unanimously convicted him of murdering his stepmother after a trial that examined medical and forensic findings.
- Pathologists reported a ligature or linear object was forcefully applied to the front of Rizwana Kousar’s neck, consistent with a thin material such as a headscarf.
- Sami had called 999 claiming he found her half-in and half-out of a bath on August 15, 2023; she died in hospital two days later.
- Sentencing remarks noted the victim’s vulnerability and said Sami intended to kill, as the court also heard of prior inheritance-related web searches cited by prosecutors.