Birmingham man and wife attempted to murder step-mum while wearing giraffe animal masks
A man and his wife from Birmingham have been convicted of attempting to murder his step-mum after attacking her with a knife and hammer in her kitchen.
Wasif Hussain, 21 and his wife Nabela Tabassum, 19, wore giraffe animal masks before they attacked her in Kings Norton, Birmingham, on the evening of January 29, last year.
The two had denied attempted murder but were found guilty following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court which concluded last Thursday (March 27).
In the frenzied attack, which was caught on a camera installed in the home, Hussain struck her head with a hammer, strangling, punching and stabbing her while Tabassum restrained her.
The woman suffered a stab wound to her arms as well as defensive knife injuries but survived the attack. She managed to convince the couple to let her go upstairs where she was able to lock herself in a room and call us for help.
Immediately after the attack the two fled Birmingham but were tracked down by cops and arrested in Bolton in the early hours the following day.
The couple are believed to have tried to kill her because they were angry after being accused of not doing any chores and treating the family home like a hotel.
The two snapped and carried out the attack, they were asked to leave the home.
Detective Inspector Laura Allen, from Public Protection, said: “This was a calculated and frenzied attack on a defenceless woman using weapons including a knife and hammer. She was very lucky to have managed to get away, lock herself in a room and ring us.
"The evidence we provided at court helped to convict these two of attempted murder. They are set to spend many years behind bars when they next appear in court for sentence."
The couple will be sentenced on May 21.
