Jahangir Nazar Sentenced to 22 Years
A man has been jailed for life for brutally murdering his partner at her home in Oldham.
Jahangir Nazar (born 12/02/1979) of Bamford Street, Chadderton was found guilty of murder years, at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square and was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years in prison.
Farkhanda Younis, 30, who was known to her family as Fand and friends as Jabeen, was found dead at her home in Oldham on Friday 19 April 2013 with multiple stab wounds including incisions to her neck.
Nazar had subjected Jabeen to a frenzied and merciless attack with a knife and had stabbed her throat and neck numerous times. A post mortem found she had had been stabbed at least 19 times.
The attack took place while Jabeen’s six-year-old son slept in the next room.
“We feel that we have been cheated from watching our beautiful daughter achieve all the things she wanted in life, she lived for her children and now she will never get to see them grow up and they will not know who their mother was or how important they were to her.” Fand’s family
After the attack, Nazar left the house and made his way to the Longsight area of Manchester before going on to Leeds and then to the North East.
The following morning, Jabeen’s six-year-old son called 999 when he couldn’t get into his mother’s bedroom, which was locked.
Officers attended and discovered Jabeen’s body on the bed. Nazar evaded police capture for three days and was eventually arrested on Monday 22 April 2013 in Newcastle after he failed to hand himself in.
Officers swooped as he made his way to a train station with a suitcase and a large amount of cash, and brought him back to Manchester.
In a statement, Fand’s family, said “Jahangir Nazar has been convicted of murder of Farkhanda Younis, lovingly known to her family as Fand and to her friends as Jabeen.
“He has received a life sentence.“Throughout the trial Nazar has maintained his defence of diminished responsibility making us endure a three week trial, and sitting through harrowing evidence.
“Fand had left the family home wanting to have more responsibility and manage her own home, at the time of her murder she was living in Oldham with her two children. “She was a hard working, devoted mother. Everything she did was for her family and her children.
“Her husband, Jahangir Nazar has brutally murdered Fand in the most awful way stabbing her multiple times in the neck causing catastrophic un-survivable injuries. He has carried out this deliberate and unprovoked attack whilst her six-year-old son was asleep in the next room.
“Nazar has then fled the scene. Her young son was left to raise the alarm, when he could not get a response from his mother the following morning.
“Nazar was on the run for two days before finally being arrested at a train station in Newcastle, he had a substantial amount of money on him and we believe he was in the process of fleeing the country to avoid prison and for justice to be served.
“We believe that the reason Fand was murdered was because she wanted to end the relationship due to the domestic violence she had been subjected to. She refused to assist Nazar in obtaining a permanent Visa as he was facing the possibility of deportation.
“We feel that we have been cheated from watching our beautiful daughter achieve all the things she wanted in life, she lived for her children and now she will never get to see them grow up and they will not know who their mother was or how important they were to her.
“We are pleased that the jury has seen through his cowardly attempt at claiming diminished responsibility as we have always believed what he did was a planned and calculated attack.
“It is now almost a year since Fand was taken from us, yet it feels as raw now as it did then. Our only consolation is that she is now with Allah.
“We would like to thank everyone involved in bringing Jahangir Nazar to justice, although it will not bring Fand back at least he has been convicted of Murder and will spend at least the next 22 in prison.
“He will be released and will continue with his life, which does not seem right as Fand will never get that opportunity.”
Senior Investigating Officer Duncan Thorpe said: “No one should have to suffer this kind of violence and our thoughts are with her family and friends who remain heartbroken.
“Not only did Nazar take this young woman’s life; he also deprived her young son and daughter of a mother.
“Nazar fled the house leaving the child alone sleeping in the room next door. The boy was distraught when he couldn’t wake his mother or get into her bedroom.
“Luckily he was spared the horror of seeing his mother’s wounded body because the bedroom door had been locked.
“Sadly, Jabeen’s relationship with Nazar was violent and abusive and she had suffered a history of domestic abuse at his hands. He was possessive, controlling and paranoid.
“The full contact police officers had with Jabeen prior to her death is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) therefore it would be inappropriate to comment further while this is ongoing.
“We are committed to protecting vulnerable victims and are constantly learning how we can better protect and support victims of domestic abuse.”
The lessons learnt from the tragic murder of Clare Wood resulted in the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (Clare’s Law), which was piloted in Greater Manchester and is being rolled out nationally.
Anyone who is suffering domestic abuse, or knows someone who is a victim can call police on 999 or 101. Alternatively call the National Domestic Violence Helpline, run in partnership between Women’s Aid and Refuge, can be contacted on 0800 2000 247.
