Overview
- The deaths of two 21‑year‑old men followed a high‑speed pursuit on the A46 in February 2022 that ended in a fatal collision and led to murder convictions for Ansreen and her daughter Mahek Bukhari.
- The Court of Appeal refused to reduce Ansreen Bukhari’s minimum term of 26 years and nine months, with Lord Justice Jeremy Baker, Mr Justice Bryan and Judge Simon Hirst saying she had opportunities to prevent the escalation.
- At trial the daughter Mahek received a life sentence initially set at 31 years and eight months and had her tariff reduced on appeal to a minimum term of 26 years and 285 days last year.
- Defence counsel argued Ansreen had been subject to a sustained campaign of blackmail and coercive behaviour by one victim, but prosecutors said she was an essential part of a plan to lure the victims to Leicester and the court found that claim insufficient to lower her sentence.
- Multiple co‑defendants were convicted—two alongside the Bukharis for murder and three for manslaughter—and the convictions and custodial terms remain in place subject only to any further procedural remedies.