Carer killed sister after affair with husband

A SCORNED lover has been jailed for at least 22 years for a knife attack on her own sister in a bid to win back the affections of her brother-in-law.

Sabah Khan, 27, had been having sex with Hafeez Rehman, husband of her sister Saima Khan, 34, with whom she was living in Luton, Beds.

But when Mr Rehman’s attentions cooled and he returned to the mother of his children, she became jealous.

She searched the internet for how to get away with murder and paid a “black magic priest” in Pakistan £5,000 to do the deed by “remote control”, the Old Bailey heard.

The carer bought a large kitchen knife and, on May 23 last year, lured her sister home from a funeral, saying one of her children was crying.

Then as Saima returned, she carried out a “vicious and sustained” attack.

Over eight minutes, she inflicted 68 injuries to her head and body, slicing through her hand and neck, the court heard.

It was a scene of “absolute carnage” and Khan carried on stabbing her sister even after she was dead, Judge Christopher Moss QC said.

The defendant stuffed her bloodied clothes and the murder weapon into a bin bag which was later found in a bedroom at the house.

Khan pleaded guilty to murder and was jailed for life.