Rashad was told that he could be deported after his sentence A man who tried to kill his new bride weeks after their wedding in Pakistan has been jailed for seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh. Muhammed Rashad, 29, strangled, battered and tried to suffocate his cousin, Zahida, at their home in Kings Park, Glasgow, last October. The attack happened after she had failed to answer the phone. Rashad was convicted of attempted murder in September. He was told he could be deported after his sentence. The court heard how Rashad attacked his wife after demanding to know where she was when he tried to phone her. She told him she had been in the house but had not heard the phone. Rashad called her stupid before repeatedly punching her, slapping her with his hands and hitting her with a wooden spoon until it broke. The woman then ran to her father-in-law's room and begged for help. You were found guilty of a prolonged, violent, dangerous and frightening attack on your young wife who was then in a particularly vulnerable position

Lord Kingarth The court was told that he did nothing while Rashad kicked her and wrapped a mobile phone charger cord around her neck. Rashid then tried to strangle his wife with his hands and smother her with a pillow. Jailing him, judge Lord Kingarth, said: "You were found guilty of a prolonged, violent, dangerous and frightening attack on your young wife who was then in a particularly vulnerable position, she having only recently come from Pakistan to live in the United Kingdom. "This is a matter which this court has to take seriously. "In all the circumstances I am satisfied that only a substantial custodial sentence is appropriate." Lord Kingarth said he did not think it appropriate to recommend deporting Rashad because he had lived in the UK for years, had not offended before, and was deemed to be at low-risk of re-offending. But he said that the Secretary of State had the power to send him back to his native Pakistan after his sentence.



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