LONDON (AP) — An abusive British husband whose original sentence for assaulting his wife sparked outrage among domestic violence groups was jailed for 18 months on Friday after new information came to light from a county cricket team.
Mustafa Bashir was first given an 18-month suspended prison sentence at Manchester Crown Court for beating his wife with a cricket bat and forcing her to drink bleach. Judge Richard Mansell said in sentencing remarks last month that Fakhara Karim was "plainly an intelligent woman" and not particularly vulnerable.