26-year-old Sinead Wooding was first banned by her Muslim husband from seeing her family – and was then bludgeoned to death with a hammer.

Muslim husband is found guilty of murdering his convert wife with claw hammer and knife and burning her body after he had banned her from seeing her family

Akshar Ali, 27, murdered Sinead Wooding, 26, with friend Yasmin Ahmed, 27

He dumped her body in woodland and set it on fire, Leeds Crown Court heard

Jury today unanimously found pair guilty of murder after five days deliberating

Miss Wooding was attacked at her home with a hammer and stabbed six times

By Mark Duell for MailOnline | January 16, 2018:

A Muslim man who killed his convert wife by bludgeoning her with a claw hammer and then stabbing her was today found guilty of her murder.

Akshar Ali, 27, murdered 26-year-old Sinead Wooding with friend Yasmin Ahmed, 27, before dumping her body in woodland and setting it on fire, Leeds Crown Court was told.

A jury today unanimously found the pair guilty of murder after five days of deliberations.

The court had previously heard mother-of-four Miss Wooding had been attacked at her home in Leeds with a hammer and had been stabbed six times.

Her body was kept in a cellar for two days before being transported to woodland north of the city, the court heard.

The body had then been wrapped in a duvet and trussed up with wire before being doused with petrol.

The court had previously heard Miss Wooding had been attacked at her home in Leeds with a hammer and had been stabbed six times. Pictured: Investigators in the city last year

Crime scene investigators enter the house in Leeds following the murder in May last year

The smouldering remains were discovered at about 9am on Sunday, May 14 by a group of students who were out for a run in the area.

The jury also unanimously found Vicky Briggs, 25, of Leeds, guilty of assisting an offender by helping clean up and burn material after the murder.