A antheral that subjected his woman to shocking maltreatment and treated her 'like a captive successful her ain home' has been sentenced to implicit 2 years successful situation astatine Peterborough Crown Court.
Murtaza Syed, 47, coercively controlled his woman and enforced strict rules successful an effort to humiliate, degrade and dehumanise her implicit a span of 2 years. He did not fto her unopen the bath doorway and examined her assemblage for marks indicating that she had cheated.
Syed, of Peterborough, attacked her and stopped her from leaving their location unaccompanied.
He adjacent made her instrumentality a prevarication detector trial and deprived her of a mobile telephone oregon immoderate different physics devices that she could person utilized to get help.
Cambridgeshire Police were archetypal alerted to the maltreatment erstwhile they were called by the pistillate connected February 23. When officers reached the house, she said that she had been abused mentally and physically by Syed for 2 years.
Murtaza Syed, 47, has been sentenced to 2 years successful situation aft helium coercively controlled and subjected his woman to maltreatment implicit a span of 2 years
The woman, who was capable to alert Cambridgeshire Police successful February, said that helium had attacked her and taken distant each physics devices that she could person utilized to telephone for help
She told constabulary the astir caller battle took spot 5 days before, connected February 18, wherever helium threw a lighter astatine her oculus and punched her repeatedly to the head.
Syed, 47, was arrested astatine conscionable earlier 4 a.m. that aforesaid day.
The pistillate aboriginal shared much details of the coercive and controlling behaviour, telling constabulary she hadn't had a telephone for 2 years arsenic she wasn't allowed different aft Syed broke hers.
She added that she was not allowed to usage the net and Syed perpetually changed the pins and passwords for the devices successful the location truthful she couldn't inquire for help.
The pistillate wasn't allowed to permission the location unaccompanied oregon without permission.
During her interrogation she described herself arsenic 'not free', and officers noted she was terrified of immoderate repercussions from Syed.
In his constabulary interview, Syed denied each offences posed to him and claimed the pistillate was making the allegations up.
He did corroborate helium had made his woman instrumentality a prevarication detector trial - which she had passed.
He aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to coercive and controlling behaviour and 1 number of causing existent bodily harm (ABH).
Syed pleaded blameworthy to coercive and controlling behaviour and 1 number of causing existent bodily harm astatine Peterborough Crown Court
Syed was sentenced astatine Peterborough Crown Court connected July 11 wherever helium was handed 2 years and six months successful prison.
A restraining bid was besides made indefinitely, preventing him from contacting his victim.
Detective Sergeant Louis Scott said: 'The interaction of Syed's behaviour connected his woman shouldn't beryllium underestimated; she was near feeling helpless and similar a captive successful her ain home.
'No idiosyncratic should person to endure this benignant of maltreatment and it's important to besides item that home maltreatment isn't ever conscionable physical.
'Victims tin besides endure from the menace and fearfulness of injury, regular intimidation and having each facet of their beingness monitored and controlled.
'Coercive power is simply a transgression offence, and arsenic this lawsuit highlights, we instrumentality each reports of it precise seriously.
'We would powerfully impulse anyone who is simply a unfortunate of home maltreatment to interaction constabulary oregon telephone the nationalist home unit helpline connected 0808 2000 247.'
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