← Back to diffwire

Ex-husband jailed for life after stabbing and burying ex-wife's body

8 articles | Updated 1d ago | Created 3d ago
UK
Story image

A man who stabbed Paria Veisi to death less than two weeks before she ended their relationship has been sentenced to at least 26 years, though other reports indicate a lifetime sentence. Alireza Askari admitted murdering his former wife and burying her body in the makeshift grave he dug behind Cardiff's Penylan property last April after they had separated earlier that month during an argument over money or domestic issues which led him to kill them both together with their daughter who was also present at home when she died from injuries sustained while trying escape before police arrived on...

  1. 1
    Alireza Askari was jailed for life after stabbing and burying his ex-wife Paria Veisi's body in their Cardiff home.
  2. 2
    Askari purchased kitchen knives from a supermarket to commit the murder before enlisting family members to hide her remains as an 'ex-mother-in-law' bought garden equipment.
Mar 13, 20:45 Alireza Askari was jailed for life after murdering ex-wife Paria Veisi and burying her in his garden

Alireza Askari was jailed for life after murdering and burying his ex-wife Paria Veisi.

— [Mar 13, 20:54] Man who murdered wife and buried her in garden (BBC)

Askari stabbed to death the woman he had been living with less than two weeks before she ended their relationship. He then concealed his body under a makeshift grave.

— [Mar 13, 20:54] Man who murdered wife and buried her in garden (BBC)

"Cold-blooded murder" of the woman he had been living with less than two weeks before she ended their relationship was committed by Askari. He then concealed his body under a makeshift grave.

— [Mar 13, 20:54] Man who murdered wife and buried her in garden (BBC)

"Cold-blooded murder" of the woman he had been living with less than two weeks before she ended their relationship was committed by Askari. He then concealed his body under a makeshift grave.

— [Mar 13, 20:54] Man who murdered wife and buried her in garden (BBC)

"Cold-blooded murder" of the woman he had been living with less than two weeks before she ended their relationship was committed by Askari. He then concealed his body under a makeshift grave.

— [Mar 13, 20:54] Man who murdered wife and buried her in garden (BBC)
Man who murdered ex-wife and buried her in garden is jailed for life

Alireza Askari was sentenced to life imprisonment in Cardiff after murdering his ex-wife Paria Veisi by stabbing her four times and burying her body under patio slabs. He had purchased kitchen knives from a supermarket the day before, enlisted an aunt for help with burial materials like bleach and compost, sent threatening texts planning further killings abroad while driving toward Wales to evade police on 15 April last year.

Man who murdered ex-wife and buried her in garden is jailed

Alireza Askari was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years after murdering his ex-wife Paria Veisi in their Cardiff home. He had planned the "cold-blooded" killing and subsequent burial under patio slabs, purchasing knives from a supermarket while texting an accomplice about arranging her death abroad before enlisting family members for disposal efforts involving caustic soda found later at his property.

Man jailed for 26 years for ex-wife’s murder and burial in Cardiff garden
Husband who killed wife and buried her in the garden jailed for life

Alireza Askari, 42, has received a life sentence with a minimum term of 26 years after stabbing his estranged wife Paria Veasi to death in their conservatory and burying her body under flower beds on the garden. His aunt Maryam Delavary was also jailed for five years six months perverting justice by assisting him dispose of the remains, while Askari admitted murdering a woman he had lured into hiding from his premeditated plan at least one month prior to killing them both in Cardiff Crown Court

Husband who murdered wife and buried her in back garden after she left him jailed

Alireza Askari has received life imprisonment for murdering his wife Paria Veisi in their conservatory less than two weeks after she ended her relationship and burying her body secretly in the back garden. His aunt Maryam Delavary was also sentenced to five years six months of prison, with time already spent on remand deducted from a sentence reduced by 40% for custody service related perverting justice charges involving covering up the crime scene.