Jealous Rage! You Wouldn’t Believe Why This Woman Brutally Murdered Her Sister

A scorned lover has been jailed for at least 22 years for a ferocious knife attack on her own sister in a jealous rage.

Sabah Khan, 27, butchered her 34-year-old sister Saima Khan with a kitchen knife at their home in Luton in May 2016 because she wanted her brother-in-law Hafeez Rehman for herself.

She lured her older sister home under the ruse her children were crying, before slashing her throat with such ferocity she almost decapitated her.

Over some eight minutes, Sabah chopped off her sister’s hand and pulled off her clothing to continue stabbing her as she lay dead, while her children were upstairs. Some of the children woke up as the ‘scene of carnage unfolded’ and Saima’s seven-year-old daughter shouted down to her aunt:

‘Are you killing a mouse?’

Sabah Khan had been in a relationship with her sister’s husband for four years and they had been having sex in his taxi and their home when his wife had gone to work.

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He was 21 when he met Sabah, and she was just ten. The court also heard how the younger sister had had an abortion after becoming pregnant by Hafeez.

Mr Rehman was had taken advantage of the opportunity to sleep with both siblings and gain ‘exclusive rights’ over his sister-in-law, the Old Bailey heard.

Internet search history on the family computer found Khan had searched ‘how long does a Muslim funeral take’ and had spent months searching online for ways to kill someone.

One search term read ‘Where to buy poisonous snakes.’

Another read ‘How to hire a killer’ and ‘Hiring a hitman for just £200.’

Another astonishing search term that officers found read ‘Sixteen steps to kill someone and not get caught.’

But it was also discovered that Sabah Khan had been in touch with a mysterious figure back in Pakistan, described in court as ‘a fixer’, who she paid for advice and guidance on how to kill her sister.

She waited until their family were out of the house attending a funeral at a local mosque before texting her sister to say one of her children was crying and she should come home quickly.

Saima suffered 68 knife wounds in the frenzied attack, with severed arteries and a jugular vein and deep wounds to her arms, skull and face.

Sabah attempted to stage a burglary at the scene, smashing a window and interfering with jewellery before calling police claiming there had been a burglary and her sister had been murdered by an intruder when she was in the shower.

Detectives initially investigated her claims before arresting her eight days later when they found the knife in a bin bag in her bedroom.’

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In a statement from Hafeez Rehman read to the court, he paid tribute to his wife and srevealed his regret over his affair with his sister-in law’

He said:

‘I feel complete shame about having an affair with Sabah.

I never imagined anything like this would ever happen. Sabah’s actions have left our four children without a mum.

I have four beautiful children but I have lost my world and I cry every day. Saima was there for all four children. She did everything.

‘There is not a day goes by when I don’t regret my affair with Sabah.’

He said his eldest daughter would never be able to understand why their auntie had killed her mother.

Paying tribute, the cab driver said:

My wife Saima was a lovely, caring, kind, wife and mother. She was quiet but loved laughing and joking within the family.’

He added:

‘There are so many questions which will be left unanswered.

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The ones who are suffering the most are my children as they have lost the most important woman in their life, their mother.

They are too young to understand fully what has happened.’

Ms Bickerstaff told how WhatsApp messages revealed Khan’s bitterness as Mr Rehman’s interest in her waned.
She referred to her sister as ‘that b***h’, and told Mr Rehman:

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‘If I could I would take my heart out and show you what you are for me.

Nothing in the world can change my feelings for you. Not even you … Day by day my love for you gets stronger.’

Ms Bickerstaff said:

‘From February, all was not well with Hefeez Rehman and his affection appears to have been transferred back to his wife.’.

Detective Chief Inspector Adam Gallop said:

‘This was a brutal act of jealousy. Hearing the news that they were planning to leave the family home together was the final straw and Sabah took her sister’s life in a bitter envy’

Jo Sidhu, defending, said Sabah was a ‘lonely individual, had traits of mental health issues and had in the past cut and strangled herself.

He said:

‘This defendant for the rest of her natural life will live with what she has done. The remorse is something that will infect her for the rest of her days.’

Sabah showed no emotion as she was jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years for the ‘astonishingly brutal’ murder of her sister.