Another sad story of a victim of an Honor Killing. The horrible thing is she warned the police that this was going to happen but they did nothing!

A terrified wife who predicted her cheating husband would kill her, was stabbed to death by him just days after he was freed in a legal blunder.

Sabina Akhtar, 26, went to police in fear of her life after Malik Mannan subjected her to a string of vicious beatings.

The taxi driver was jailed for life today at Manchester Crown Court after being convicted of her murder yesterday. He will serve a minimum of 17 years.

Speaking outside court, Ms Akhtar's family accused the Crown Prosecution Service of negligence. Her uncle, Reaz Talukder, said his niece would still be alive if her husband had been charged after being arrested for a second time.

Mannan was held after she gave a heart-breaking statement detailing 25 different assaults but was released when a prosecuting lawyer said there was not enough evidence to charge him.

The 36-year-old then texted his wife to boast: 'I am a free man, since 1.30. Case file closed. Isn't it great.'

Ms Akhtar had a panic alarm fitted to her home and warned friends and police that her life was in danger while he remained free.

But nothing was done and five days later he burst into the marital home in Levenshulme, Greater Manchester, and stabbed the mother-of-one to death.

In her statement two months before the murder, she said: 'I have become extremely concerned about my personal safety.

'My husband is a man of an extreme violent nature. I genuinely believe if he gets the opportunity he will not hesitate to kill me.'

An inquiry is underway into the Crown Prosecution Service's handling of the case and it has said it will offer a face-to-face apology to Ms Akhtar's family.

The matter has also been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

A CPS spokesman said: 'We accept that the wrong decision was made not to charge Mr Mannan at an earlier stage.'

The couple had an arranged marriage in Bangladesh in 2003 following Mannan's divorce from his first wife. They had a son, Tahmid, in 2005.

But that same year Ms Akhtar discovered her husband had two children as a result of an on-going eight-year affair, as well as a secret gambling habit.

Mannan spent the family's benefit money on mistress Suraiya Ali and began beating his wife.

Terrified, and with no relatives in Britain except one aunt, Ms Akhtar kept quiet about the attacks until July last year when over two days of violence Mannan repeatedly lifted her by her throat, threw her to the floor and kicked her in the stomach.

As she fought for breath Mannan would also grab her hair, saying: 'Your opinion does not count here. If you don't listen then one day I will kill you just like this. One day you will die in this way.'

Ms Akhtar went to police on July 10 but no formal complaint was recorded due to her 'confusion' and language difficulties.

In the early hours of the followin morning, Mannan stormed into their home as Sabina and their son were in bed.

As Sabina rang her brother-in-law for help, Mannan jumped on her then sat on her chest. Using both hands to squeeze her windpipe he told her to read her Koran adding: 'Read whatever other stuff you need to read now. This is your final hour.'

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