A BRADFORD cab driver whose wife of 30 years suffered a stroke after he repeatedly banged her head on a kitchen door has been jailed for ten months.

Parvez Akhtar, 54, flew into a rage before his night shift and attacked Naseem Akhtar at the home they had shared for 25 years, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday.

He then sat watching television while paramedics attended to mother-of-four, Mrs Akhtar, who had slumped to the floor with double vision and two lumps to her head.

Akhtar, of Donisthorpe Street, West Bowling, Bradford, pleaded guilty to assaulting Mrs Akhtar and causing her actual bodily harm on April 25 last year.

Prosecutor Ben Campbell said he was convicted in 1994 of a similar offence against his wife when she intervened to stop him hitting a child.

He worked as a private hire driver and this time attacked Mrs Akhtar in the kitchen at 4.30pm after getting up to work a night shift.

Mr Campbell said he called her names and when a heated argument ensued, he grabbed her by the hair and threw her against a door.

She was taken to hospital by ambulance and scans did not detect any serious injury.

But when Mrs Akhtar saw a consultant neurologist, he found that she had suffered a stroke probably caused in the attack.

The court heard she had since made a full recovery and wanted her husband back home.

Akhtar at first denied the assault charge, accusing his wife of inventing the allegation.

Nadim Bashir, Akhtar’s barrister, said he had been living away from home after the attack but his wife and family were supportive of his return to the address.

He was the sole bread winner and feared his cab licence might be revoked by Bradford Council.

Judge Jonathan Rose labelled Akhtar a violent and controlling bully who did not deserve his wife’s continuing affection.

“You sat and watched television as she was taken to hospital in the throes of that stroke developing,” the judge said.

“You are a bully and you are a man who has kept control in your home.”

Akhtar was prepared to use violence behind closed doors if something upset him.

He threw his wife around by the hair and she suffered two blows to the head in a sustained attack.

“You have used terrible violence to this lady,” Judge Rose said.

Akhtar was a coward for not owning up to what he had done until witness summonses were about to be issued to get prosecution witnesses to court for his trial.

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