Several members of the same family have been jailed after an arranged bride from Pakistan was doused in a chemical substance and force-fed her pills that gave her severe brain damage.
Several members of the same family have been jailed after an arranged bride from Pakistan was doused in a chemical substance and force-fed her pills that gave her severe brain damage . Ambreen Fatima Sheikh was given the diabetes drug glimepiride by members of the Sheikh family in Huddersfield, in west Yorkshire. Even a small dose of the drug can be extremely dangerous to people who don't have diabetes.
Ms Sheikh, aged 30 at the time of the assaults in 2015, also had a corrosive substance, probably some kind of cleaning fluid, poured over her.Asgar Sheikh, 31, his father Khalid Sheikh, 55, his mother Shabnam Sheikh, 52, and his sister Shagufa Sheikh, 29, were all found guilty of allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer physical harm in a trial last year.Asgar Sheikh, Khalid Sheikh, 55, and Shabnam Sheikh, 52 were jailed for seven years and nine month
Family Jailed Force-Feeding Bride Pills Severe Brain Damage Chemical Substance Pakistan