South Beds News Agency Teenager Shahena Uddin suffered torture at the hands of her relatives in her own home

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Shahena Uddin, 19, was subjected to a gruesome ordeal at the hands of Salma Begum who verbally abused her, forced her to lick the toilet and battered her with household objects, including Nintendo Wii accessories. The Bangladeshi teenager who lived at home in Watford was punished for 'eating too slowly' and banned from using the toilet by Salma, 32. An ambulance was called to her family home in Watford in October 2014 after she had been beaten for 24 hours, but her evil relative told paramedics she had suddenly collapsed. A two-month trial at St Albans Crown Court heard how the teen, just four feet 11 tall, was tortured.

South Beds News Agency Shahena was made to eat her own vomit and was frequently beaten

Prosecutor Stuart Trimmer QC said after Shahena's death her family mounted a cover up operation. He said: "She probably endured several beatings that night, some in the dining area, some in her own bedroom. "There were severe targeted beatings in particular to her breasts, probably with fists and weapons." Pathologist Dr Robert Chapman said her eyes were black and swollen and her temple, both sides and the back of her head, were covered in bruising and her lips were cut. Dr Chapman said he found bruising to her shoulders and it appeared she had been hit with a "rod like" object.

South Beds News Agency The 19-year-old was beaten with household objects and games controllers

Strike marks were also found across her legs and right breast as well as bruise marks to her hands, fingers and forearms, which indicated she had tried to defend herself from blows. Her oldest brother Suhail Uddin, 35, and his wife Salma Begum, 32, denied murder. The jury cleared him of murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter and found her guilty of murder. Suhail Uddin and three other brothers, Jewell, 27, Jhuhal, 33 and Tohel Uddin, 24, along with Shahena's older sister Rehena Uddin, 22, denied causing or allowing the death of a vulnerable adult. They were all found guilty by the jury. All six were also found guilty of perverting the course of justice. Next-door-neighbour Michelle Crawford said that on the night of the murder she was woken by a loud thudding noise. "It sounded like they were tenderising meat," she told the jury.

The following day blood stained clothing and bedding was found in bing bags outside the house. Suhail Uddin and his wife Salma, along with Jewell Uddin, Rehena Uddin, Shahena and another younger sister all lived at the address where Shahena died. Mr Trimmer said Shahena spoke to school friends about what was happening to her, but was forced to deny her confessions later. One friend, Martha Omar, said Shahena was a very caring girl who was always happy to be in school. She said: "Every time it was time to go home, her mood dropped. She said she was not allowed to socialise out of school. "She said she was made to do every chore in the house and was forced to eat food. "She said she was given a big plate of food and was expected to finish it all. She said if she finished eating, she would run to the toilet and try to make herself sick."

It hurts when you call me a cow and a rat-dog. I am suffering. I have no-one to tell so please can you help me Shahena's letter to her killer

Her younger sister Sabina Uddin, now 18, told the jury how her sister was forced to use the kitchen sink as a lavatory. She recalled being ordered to eat her sister's excrement and being hit in the face when she refused. In a letter Shahena had written to Salma Begum, who she referred to as Afa, she wrote: "I'm begging you to please help me. I feel like I have no-one. Afa please.........please Afa I have no life anymore without you..no-one cares. It hurts when you call me a cow and a rat-dog... I am suffering. I have no-one to tell so please can you help me. Afa I will put my head in the toilet for you just to forgive me. Please Afa I really need you."