Jealous husband ‘lured his wife to their house and stabbed her to death after she said she wanted a divorce’
Somalian Amal Abdi, 21, was stabbed repeatedly with three separate knives and had her jugular vein slashed
A jealous husband lured his wife to their home and stabbed her to death after she told him she wanted a divorce.
Somalia-born Abdirashid Khadar, 22, who denies murder, sent a text message to his estranged spouse Amal Abdi, 21, saying: "Honey come and see me at home."
The young mother-of-one, who had been living with her aunt for some time, initially refused to come to the Bristol flat.
However, Khadar, who admitted killing his wife but has pleaded manslaughter, told her that his family were visiting and he wanted her to tidy their marital.
When she arrived, Amal was stabbed repeatedly with three different knives and had the juggler vein in her neck severed.
Khadar then made a chilling 999 call confessing to the killing and later told police outside the property: "I've got something to show you at the flat."
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When investigators arrived at the seventh floor apartment at Longlands House they found Amal lying in a pool of blood on the living room floor.
Speaking at Bristol Crown Court, prosecutor Kate Brunner QC, told the jury: "Police went into the flat. They were greeted by a horrifying scene.
"Blood was smeared on the walls and floor. They discovered the body of Amal Abdi in the living room, lying curled up in a pool of blood with large wounds on her neck.
"She had been repeatedly stabbed with a number of different knives.
"The prosecution's case is that it was a set-up, that the defendant lured her to the flat with a false story about his relatives visiting."
The court heard how Khadar asked officers at the police station: "My wife, she okay?"
When he was told that was dead, he replied: "Can you kill me?"
During police interviews, Khadar claimed that his wife was physically and verbally abusive towards and that "his patience had worn out".
He said his wife had been staying with her aunt and "had not been with me for some time" and that his memory of the alleged attack was poor.
The court heard that hours before she died on the evening of July 26 last year, Amal had demanded a divorce and was going to tell her family, saying: "I don't want you anymore."
Khadar sent his wife a text message threatening to kill himself, saying: "When you are saying you do not love me all my life and prestige dedicated to you."
Miss Brunner said: "If that sounds a little clumsy, it's because it has been translated from the Somali language. The meaning is clear - this defendant had been rejected by his wife.
"On the day of her death Amal Abdi told her cousin that the defendant was getting on her nerves and was jealous. She said they'd had an argument and that she wanted to divorce him."
The couple, who were both from Somalia, married in 2010, with Amal moving to the UK and settling in Bristol.
But despite Khadar initially not joining her, the seemingly happily-married couple kept up a long-distance relationship.
The accused eventually joined his wife in the UK in March 2015 - just four months before he allegedly murdered her.
The jury heard how the pair’s family members thought the couple were happy.
However Amal had told a friend she wanted to separate but could not speak to relatives because she feared bringing shame on them.
Police recovered three knives from the scene and forensic tests showed the victim's blood was on all of them.
Miss Brunner said: "A pathologist later examined Amal's body and she confirmed that she had died as a result of stab wounds.
"One of the most severe had cut Amal Abdi's jugular vein on her neck and another had gone into her back and into her lung.
"The presence of a number of stab wounds to the back suggests an attack from behind or that Amal Abdi was trying to flee from the defendant as he was stabbing her."
The court heard that Khadar admitted killing his wife immediately after the stabbing but claims a defence of manslaughter by loss of control.
Miss Brunner said: "The prosecution's case is that this defendant had not lost control at all but that he attacked Amal Abdi in a possessive rage after she told him their relationship was over."
Khadar, of no fixed address, denies a single charge of murder.
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