A MUM was stabbed to death by her husband after she defied his demands to stop seeing her family and friends, a court heard.

Sinead Wooding's burnt body was found three days after the pair allegedly killed her with a knife and hammer, and stored her body in a cellar.

2 The body of Sinead Wooding was found in some woodland after her husband and his friend are alleged to have killed her Credit: © Glen Minikin

A jury was told the couple had argued while drinking at a house party, before her body was discovered in woodland on May 14.

Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell QC told Leeds Crown Court, West Yorks., Miss Wooding had been stabbed several times and struck repeatedly about the head.

Her husband Akshar Ali, 27, and his friend Yasmin Ahmed, 27, are alleged to have murdered her at Ahmed's home and then kept her body in his cellar for two days.

A Home Office pathologist concluded several skull fractures were caused by at least one claw hammer.

2 The court heard how Sinead's body was discovered in a woodland area Credit: Guzelian

Mr Campbell said a blood stain on the cellar floor along with numerous blood spots on walls at Yasmin Ahmed's Leeds home matched Miss Wooding's DNA.

He told the court how Miss Wooding had started to convert to the Islamic faith and changed her name to Zakirah before she met Akshar Ali - who worked on a food stall at Leeds indoor market.

The couple signed a marriage contract after an Islamic Nikah ceremony in February 2015.

Mr Campbell said it was a "volatile" and sometimes violent relationship and Miss Wooding had continued to visit a female friend and her family after she had been "forbidden" from visiting them.

Ali, of Leeds, and Ahmed both deny murder.

Ali's 45-year-old mother Aktahr Bi denies assisting an offender by making arrangements to dispose of Sinead Wooding's corpse.

Ali's 21-year-old brother Asim Ali denies assisting an offender by procuring a vehicle and assisting in the disposal and burning of her body.

Yasmin Ahmed's friend Vicky Briggs, 25, denies assisting an offender by helping clean up and burn material after the murder.

The trial continues.

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