The daddy of a 21-year-old who was killed by his lover and her TikTok influencer daughter has spoken out to say he thinks his son was ‘groomed’ by the married mother-of-two.
Ansreen Bukhari, 46, was jailed for plotting to kill Saqib Hussain after he blackmailed her and threatened to reveal their three-year affair to her son and husband.
Mrs Bukhari’s influencer daughter Mahek, 24, recruited ‘followers’ to ‘leap’ Mr Hussain, who died alongside his pal Hashim Ijazuddin, 21, in a fireball crash on the A46 close to Leicester in 2022.
Mr Hussain’s father Sajad has now spoken out to slam his son’s murderers, claiming that Mrs Bukhari’s ‘fame’ on account of her daughter’s social media profile meant ‘she thought she was untouchable, above the regulation.’
He added that Saqib was solely round 18 when he first met Mrs Bukhari, who was ‘older than his personal mom’, and that his son ‘totally trusted her’.
Ansreen Bukhari, 46, was jailed for plotting to kill Saqib Hussain after he blackmailed her
Saqib Hussain was ambushed and murdered in February 2022 after blackmailing his lover
Sajad informed The Sun: ‘He was so younger. It may not have been unlawful, however it was nonetheless grooming, I feel.. She ought to have identified higher.’
In February 2022, Mr Hussain, accompanied by Mr Ijazuddin, was lured to a Tesco automobile park on the pretence that the mom and daughter had been giving him again the £3,000 he stated he had spent on Mrs Bukhari throughout their affair.
However they had been ambushed, chased by two automobiles containing eight individuals, together with Bukhari and her mom, and died in a fireball on the A46 close to Leicester.
The mom and daughter each denied two counts of homicide and two counts of manslaughter.
They had been discovered responsible of double homicide following a three-month trial at Leicester Crown Courtroom in August final yr.
Talking following the sentencing of the 2 girls, the household of Mr Hussain stated they had been ‘shattered’ by the deaths.
They added that they ‘don’t really feel that now we have acquired justice as now we have now bought a life sentence.’
The household of Mr Ijazuddin stated on the time that ‘he was merely serving to his pal and this resulted in his demise’.
Mr Ijazuddin’s household stated after sentencing: ‘The day we came upon Hashim had died, our world got here crashing down. His demise has modified every part.
Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin (proper) was ambushed and murdered in February 2022
Influencer Bukhari (pictured) recruited ‘followers’ to ‘leap’ her married mom’s 21-year-old lover Saqib Hussain after he blackmailed her and threatened to reveal their affair
‘Everybody who knew Hashim, liked him. His demise is not only a large loss to our household but in addition to our complete group.
‘Hashim was a cheeky younger man who was at all times smiling, a good-looking man who was lovely each on the inside and outside. He would do something for anybody, was very caring and had a really variety coronary heart.
‘Hashim would at all times put others first and would not hesitate to assist others in the event that they wanted it. On that tragic day, he was merely serving to his pal and this resulted in his demise.
Mahek Bukhari (left) and her mom Ansreen Bukhari (proper) had been discovered responsible of the murders of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin in a high-speed automobile chase in February 2022
‘It has been extraordinarily painful not solely shedding Hashim at such a younger age but in addition within the circumstances through which we misplaced him.
‘We are going to at all times be extraordinarily pleased with Hashim. No matter he would have performed in life, we all know he would have excelled in it. Hashim was and can at all times be our famous person and our one-in-a-million.’
Passing sentence at Leicester Crown Courtroom in September, Decide Timothy Spencer KC jailed ‘self-obsessed’ Bukhari for no less than 31 years and eight months and her mom, who appeared in lots of her on-line movies, for not less than 26 years and 9 months.
The choose pointed to the unfavorable influence of social media within the background to the murders.
Addressing the daughter, he stated: ‘Your tawdry fame via your profession as an influencer has made you totally self-obsessed with a completely unjustified sense of entitlement and no obvious consciousness of the influence you’ve got on others, oblivious to the harm you do.
‘That your answer to your mom’s issues was to interact a few of your male followers to beat up Saqib Hussain speaks volumes of your warped values and possibly additionally of the false world of influencing that you simply so enthusiastically espoused.’
