Overview
- Cardiff Crown Court set a life sentence with a minimum term of 26 years, reduced to 25 years and 37 days to reflect time spent on remand.
- Maryam Delavary, 48, was jailed for five years and six months for perverting the course of justice after assisting in cleaning and burial, with 40% to be served in custody.
- Prosecutors said Alireza Askari killed Ms Veisi around 4:30pm on April 12, 2025, in the conservatory after buying four kitchen knives from Tesco, and that there were no defensive injuries.
- He buried her in a makeshift garden grave under soil, flowers and patio slabs, sent a message from her phone to her employer claiming she was going to Iran, and moved her car.
- Police arrested him on April 15 with caustic soda canisters in his vehicle, which prosecutors said were intended to destroy remains, and the judge challenged defence claims about motive and mitigation.