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Here Legally - it was said she called police on 10th (Weds).
So the party was on 11th (Thurs) and police showed up in response to her call on 13th (Sat).
GUILTY UK - Sinead Wooding, 26, murdered, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 14 May 2017
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Here Legally - it was said she called police on 10th (Weds).
So the party was on 11th (Thurs) and police showed up in response to her call on 13th (Sat).
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Her body was kept in a cellar for two days before being transported to woodland near a lane in Alwoodley, north Leeds, where it was set on fire, the jury heard.
Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell QC said the body had been wrapped in a duvet and trussed up with wire before being doused with petrol.
She told the jury the smouldering remains were discovered on Stairfoot Lane at about 09:00 BST on Sunday 14 May by students on a run.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42029799
Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell QC said the body had been wrapped in a duvet and trussed up with wire before being doused with petrol.
She told the jury the smouldering remains were discovered on Stairfoot Lane at about 09:00 BST on Sunday 14 May by students on a run.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42029799
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Sinead Wooding was planning to leave her husband Akshar Ali, who is accused of her murder.
"It was not a good relationship at all," her friend Anayh Makama told Leeds Crown Court. "He was being controlling."
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Referring to Ms Wooding's relationship with Mr Ali, Ms Makama explained: "She was not allowed to my house, to go anywhere, or to have friends at her home. She had had enough and she wanted to leave."
She told the court she had gone house-hunting with Ms Wooding on 11 May, but that was the last time she saw her.
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The court was also shown photographs of bruising to Miss Wooding's arms and eye that she said had alleged were caused by Mr Ali assaulting her.
The couple's relationship had soured following a disagreement over naming their baby son and Mr Ali's desire to take the child abroad, the court heard.
Ms Makama said: "They wanted to take the baby back to Pakistan but [Sinead] wasn't allowed to go. She was very upset. I told her to tell the police."
​http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42029804
"It was not a good relationship at all," her friend Anayh Makama told Leeds Crown Court. "He was being controlling."
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Referring to Ms Wooding's relationship with Mr Ali, Ms Makama explained: "She was not allowed to my house, to go anywhere, or to have friends at her home. She had had enough and she wanted to leave."
She told the court she had gone house-hunting with Ms Wooding on 11 May, but that was the last time she saw her.
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The court was also shown photographs of bruising to Miss Wooding's arms and eye that she said had alleged were caused by Mr Ali assaulting her.
The couple's relationship had soured following a disagreement over naming their baby son and Mr Ali's desire to take the child abroad, the court heard.
Ms Makama said: "They wanted to take the baby back to Pakistan but [Sinead] wasn't allowed to go. She was very upset. I told her to tell the police."
​http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42029804
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I wonder if that photo of bruising was taken by the friend or Sinead herself. Being doused in petrol and set on fire I'd be surprised if bruising on the body was still apparent.
Very hard to find decent reporting of this case.
Very hard to find decent reporting of this case.
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I can't find anything from yesterday either. From today (I think):
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Days before he is alleged to have murdered his wife, a man was badgering another woman for sex, a court heard.
Akshar Ali sent a torrent of texts to Amy Morgan, who was living temporarily with his best friend Yasmin Ahmed.
Mr Ali, 27, of Scott Hall Road, Leeds, and Miss Ahmed, 27, of Reginald Mount, Potternewton, both deny murdering 26-year-old Sinead Wooding in May.
Leeds Crown Court heard how Mr Ali sent a lengthy series of texts urging Miss Morgan to meet him for sex.
It led to a furious response from Miss Ahmed, who accused her friend of sleeping with him, something that Miss Morgan repeatedly denied.
She told the jury: "I have never slept with him. She is the one having a sexual relationship with him, not me.
"She was telling everybody that she had been sleeping with him since she was 15."
Miss Morgan rejected a suggestion by Tahir Khan QC, defending, that she was lying.
She added that she never met Ms Wooding, who had "fallen out" with Mr Ali.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-leeds-42084525
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Days before he is alleged to have murdered his wife, a man was badgering another woman for sex, a court heard.
Akshar Ali sent a torrent of texts to Amy Morgan, who was living temporarily with his best friend Yasmin Ahmed.
Mr Ali, 27, of Scott Hall Road, Leeds, and Miss Ahmed, 27, of Reginald Mount, Potternewton, both deny murdering 26-year-old Sinead Wooding in May.
Leeds Crown Court heard how Mr Ali sent a lengthy series of texts urging Miss Morgan to meet him for sex.
It led to a furious response from Miss Ahmed, who accused her friend of sleeping with him, something that Miss Morgan repeatedly denied.
She told the jury: "I have never slept with him. She is the one having a sexual relationship with him, not me.
"She was telling everybody that she had been sleeping with him since she was 15."
Miss Morgan rejected a suggestion by Tahir Khan QC, defending, that she was lying.
She added that she never met Ms Wooding, who had "fallen out" with Mr Ali.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-leeds-42084525
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I wonder if this was premeditated. Strange to do it at a party when anyone could have walked in, but then again it would be unusual to have a hammer at the ready, in someone else's house, unless it was just laying around.
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If there was a plan (which wouldn't surprise me, or at least discussed it) I don't think this was the plan.
They seem to have been acting on the hoof.
Maybe the hammer was used after the initial attack.
They seem to have been acting on the hoof.
Maybe the hammer was used after the initial attack.
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A young mother allegedly beaten and stabbed to death was "struck while kneeling", a court heard.
A jury heard that the cellar of the house had been swept and the walls wiped down.
There had also been an attempt to clean up a large bloodstain in the centre of the cellar floor.
Blood traces were also found on a mop head, a brush and other debris inside a wheelie bin. Ms Walton was able to link it to Ms Wooding via DNA profiling.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42114637
A jury heard that the cellar of the house had been swept and the walls wiped down.
There had also been an attempt to clean up a large bloodstain in the centre of the cellar floor.
Blood traces were also found on a mop head, a brush and other debris inside a wheelie bin. Ms Walton was able to link it to Ms Wooding via DNA profiling.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42114637
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Why did the police not go to her that night? Why three days later? This makes me so angry. She must have been so scared.
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It's unbelievable. I expect the visit was just a box ticking exercise. They referred themselves to the IPCC and no doubt we will hear that lessons will have been learned.
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Thanks for the updates. Its strange reading a case in the UK. Our country is nowhere near as public as places like the US. Its like the judicial system and serious crimes are not important enough to give a daily report of the trial. I love how transparent most other countries are with hearings, autopsy results and trials.
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Nothing we hadn't already heard in the prosecution opening speech - I presume this is a report from today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42170143
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42170143
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Did Miss Gunning tell the police she had seen "what appeared to be a body" being put in a car boot? I mean, who moves a roll of carpet or any other 2-man-job item in the middle of the night, unless it's well dodge?
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Thursday:
Friday:
Today:
I'm not sure we'll get any more reporting till the verdict.
Friday:
Today:
I'm not sure we'll get any more reporting till the verdict.
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Akshar Ali was interviewed eight times over four days by homicide detectives.
Asked directly if he was responsible for murdering Sinead Wooding or if he knew who was responsible, he said "no".
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During police interviews Mr Ali rocked back and forth in his chair.''
Leeds Crown Court was told that the couple had argued at a house party at Ms Ahmed's home on 11 May.
Mr Ali claimed that Ms Wooding, who was "really badly drunk", walked out, saying she was going to a friend's.
He said no violence occurred and he left shortly afterwards.
At one point he "had a breakdown. I couldn't stop crying. My wife had not come home.
"It was dark. Someone could have kidnapped her. Anything could have happened. My head's been all over the place."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42241462
Asked directly if he was responsible for murdering Sinead Wooding or if he knew who was responsible, he said "no".
[...]
During police interviews Mr Ali rocked back and forth in his chair.''
Leeds Crown Court was told that the couple had argued at a house party at Ms Ahmed's home on 11 May.
Mr Ali claimed that Ms Wooding, who was "really badly drunk", walked out, saying she was going to a friend's.
He said no violence occurred and he left shortly afterwards.
At one point he "had a breakdown. I couldn't stop crying. My wife had not come home.
"It was dark. Someone could have kidnapped her. Anything could have happened. My head's been all over the place."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42241462
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It looks like at least one of the defendants is going to give evidence, hopefully a reporter or two will pop down.