Dad and his 16-year-old SON convicted alongside their wife and mother of murdering her music shop boss lover
Zatoon Bibi, 37, enlisted the help of ex-husband Gul Nawaz, 44, and 16-year-old son to kill lover Tanveer Iqbal the day after his 33rd birthday on January 31 this year
A TEENAGE boy and his parents have been found guilty of luring a married dad to his death with the promise of birthday cake before stuffing his body in a TV box and dumping it in his car boot.
Zatoon Bibi and ex-husband Gul Nawaz, 44, were given life sentences after the court found the 37-year-old woman had enlisted Nawaz to kill lover Tanveer Iqbal the day after his 33rd birthday on January 31 this year.
Their 16-year-old son Kashim Nawaz was also unanimously convicted of Mr Iqbal's murder, detained at Her Majesty's pleasure with a minimum period of six years after a month-long trial at Birmingham Crown Court.
The businessman victim had been found in the boot of his Renault Clio in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on February 1 after he was reported missing by his concerned wife Nasreen Bibi.
A court heard the dad-of-four's body had been placed inside a large cardboard widescreen TV box which was secured with silver gaffer tape and blue nylon wire.
Bibi and Nawaz, who have four children together, were found guilty of strangling the DJ and music producer to death with wire or a similar material.
Bibi was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 27 years before she can be considered for parole.
Nawaz was given a minimum term of 25 years before being able to be considered for parole.
Passing down the sentence, Judge Mark Wall QC told Bibi: "What is particularly awful is that you recruited your own son to the enterprise.
"Although he could and should have resisted your efforts to involve him, he was a young man who was devoted to his family.
"This is a case in which the murder weapon - the rope - was bought for the express purpose of killing Tanveer Iqbal. It was bought hours before the killing.
Handing down the sentence at Birmingham Crown Court, he said: "Your position is aggravated by the fact that you were the planner of the killing. You recruited other people to it and that, in my judgement, is a significantly aggravating factor in your case."
He said the couple had blamed each other for the murder, telling Gul Nawaz that he did not regard him as a "prime mover" in what happened, and said Kashim Nawaz had been "ill-served" by a manipulative mother and a weak father.
During the six-week trial, the jury heard Bibi and Nawaz strangled Tanveer to death at the ex-lover's home in Bartley Green, Birmingham.
The court heard the victim had an "unconventional and complicated domestic relationship" with his wife and mistress.
Bibi would even send explicit pictures of Tanveer performing sex acts on her to his wife Nasreen.
Prosecutor Sally Howes QC said both women were "fully aware" of each other's relationship with Tanveer and talked regularly on the phone, even referring to each other as "sisters".
She added: "Shortly after 1.30pm on Monday February 2 this year a police constable attended Portland Road where he inspected a Renault Clio motor car.
"In the boot of the vehicle was a large cardboard box for a very large screen television and it was secured with silver gaffer tape and blue nylon rope.
"Upon dislodging a small part of the box he [the officer] discovered the body of Tanveer Iqbal.
"He had been strangled to death and his body had been concealed in a large cardboard box."
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The court heard mum-of-six Bibi had been in a relationship with Tanveer for several years and had two young children with him.
In August last year Tanveer, who a ran a family music store with his brothers, banned his wife and mistress from speaking to each other.
The jury were told the women continued to talk in secret and used fake names stored in separate phones to contact each other.
Prosecutor Howes said Tanveer decided to stay with his wife Nasreen and told Bibi their relationship was over.
But the mistress attempted to stir up trouble between the married pair in January this year by sending Tanveer's spouse a video message "of a sexual nature".
She then used the promise of birthday cake with their children to lure the dad-of-four to her home after he finished work on January 31.
A pathologist found Tanveer's body had "clear asphyxiation signs" including injuries to the surface of the skin of his neck and recent fractures of the thyroid cartilage.
He also had bruising to his torso, shoulders, arms and legs which were "in keeping with struggling between the deceased and his assailants".
The jury were also told a "major DNA profile" matching Nawaz was found on a section of the silver gaffer tape used to secure the box which contained Mr Iqbal's body.
Howes said police analysts found there was a "one in a billion" chance that the DNA profile belonged to someone else.
Commenting after the case, Detective Inspector Paul Joyce said: "This case relied largely on circumstantial evidence which, when combined, painted a compelling picture of what was a chilling and calculated pre-meditated murder.
"The whole thing was thoroughly planned. Bibi messaged Tanveer on the Sunday afternoon to check he was still coming over - she told him she'd got cake to celebrate his birthday.
"But the reality is that she was luring him to his death because just three hours earlier her husband Gul Nawaz was in Poundland buying the murder kit ready to kill him."
Mr Iqbal's family said in a statement: "Tanveer was taken away from us in a way which has had a profound effect and changed our lives forever.
"We cannot comprehend how anyone could be so callous and cold-hearted. Tanveer was good husband, wonderful father, a loving son and an amazing brother who has been stolen from us."
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