A NEWLYWED couple stabbed the groom’s stepmum while wearing creepy animal masks after assembling a chilling kill kit.
Wasif Hussain, 21 and his wife Nabela Tabassum, 19, donned the giraffe masks from Poundland to launch into the “frenzied” attack.
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Hussain repeatedly stabbed Arifa Nazmin and bludgeoned her with a hammer as his wife restrained her new mother-in-law.
He also strangled and punched her during the horror in Birmingham, which was caught on camera.
The couple have now been found guilty of attempted murder following a trial.
Birmingham Crown Court heard they had been living at the home after they got married in December 2023.
But they soon hatched the evil plot to kill Arifa after they were accused of not doing any chores and treating the house like a hotel.
The stepmum also claimed Tabassum could not wash up properly.
The court was told the pair snapped when they were asked to leave the home and began assembling a kill kit.
This included a can of Zoflora disinfect, gloves and a lighter all bought from a One Stop in a bid to cover their tracks.
The monster couple planned to burn Arifa’s body in the garden after killing her.
They also bought the Poundland giraffe masks on January 29 – the day they launched the savage attack.
As Tabassum held Arifa down, Hussain plunged a knife in and battered his stepmum over the head with a hammer.
The bride told her husband “kill her, kill her” as Hussain branded Arifa a “gold digger”.
He also chillingly told her: “You will die for everything you have done.”
A camera inside the home captured the victim’s terrified screams as she desperately fought back.
Brave Arifa managed to survive the horror by convincing them to go upstairs before she called for help.
Both Tabassum and Hussain fled but were discovered in a Travelodge in Bolton the following day and arrested.
They have been remanded into custody ahead of sentencing on May 21.
Detective Inspector Laura Allen, from Public Protection, said: “This was a calculated and frenzied attack on a defenceless woman using weapons including a knife and hammer.
“She was very lucky to have managed to get away, lock herself in a room and ring us.
“The evidence we provided at court helped to convict these two of attempted murder. They are set to spend many years behind bars when they next appear in court for sentence.”
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