A corrupt family who left an arranged wedding bride in a vegetative state after she had not met expectations' was freed from prison.
Ambreen Fatima Sheikh was 30 when she got the anti-diabetes drugs glimpiride, which induced catastrophic brain injury after she was brought to the UK after an arranged marriage.
She was also immersed in a corrosive substance, considered a cleaning fluid because she was abused in the Huddersfield house in the days prior to her admission to the hospital on 1 August 2015.
Initially it was thought that Mrs. Sheikh, now 39, would die – but when her fan was eliminated in the hospital, she started breathing for herself.
She is not aware of herself or her environment, without a motor response or reaction to pain and will never recover. She only survives by being fed by being fed by a tube and will eventually die as a result of what happened to her, although this may not happen for many years.
Husband Asgar Sheikh, 31, father -in -law Khalid Sheikh, 55, and mother -in -law Shabnam Sheikh, 52, were imprisoned for a total of 23 years last year.
They were found guilty of causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical injury after a process, but were now released from prison after the conviction was destroyed by the Court of Appeal.
The convictions for twisting justice and conspiracy to twist the lawsuit were maintained.
Ambreen Fatima Sheikh was 30 when she got the anti-diabetes medicine Glimepiride
Husband Asgar Sheikh depicted on Leeds Crown Court last year
Brother -in -law Shakalayne Sheilkh was originally suspended a six -month penalty for two years
Mother -in -law Shabnam Sheikh was originally imprisoned for seven years and nine months
Sister -in -law Shagufa Sheikh received a 18 -month punishment, suspended for two years
Father -in -law Khalid Sheikh was imprisoned for seven years last year and nine months
The sister -in -law Shagufa, 29, received a conditional punishment for causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical injury. She also had her conviction destroyed.
Judges discovered that the case, heard at the Crown Court of Leeds, was “steeped in evidence,” the Sun reported.
Last year the process heard proof that, shortly after Mrs. Sheikh arrived in the UK, the family was not happy with her domestic work and chores, and Khalid Sheikh had suggested that she had to be sent back to Pakistan.
Concerns were made by members of the extensive family and two police officers carried out a welfare check in July, but reported Mrs. Sheikh as fit and good.
The judge said that she attached 'little weight to that assessment' because Mrs. Sheikh spoke little English and her father -in -law was present during the visit.
She said she did not know who administered the corrosive substance, who left serious burns on the lower back, lower and right ear of Mrs. Sheikh, and must have left her in considerable and lasting pain.
And she said she didn't know who had cheated her or forced her to take the glimpiride, prescribed to Shabnam Sheikh and is extremely dangerous for non-diabetics, even in small doses.
Although the family refused to provide evidence, public prosecutors suggested that she was subjected to a 'pattern of violence' behind closed doors.
She was socially isolated and her sister, who also lived in Britain, was said to be threatened by Asgar when she came to visit.
Ambreen's father -in -law Khalid Sheikh, 55, and mother -in -law Shabnam who leaves the court in 2023
Ambreen's mother -in -law Shabnam Sheikh, left, and sister -in -law Shagufa Sheikh who left the court in October 2023
Ambreen's husband Asgar Sheikh, right, with his brother Sakalyne Sheikh in October 2023 leaves the court
The judge decided last year that there was a delay of two to three -day event between Mrs. Sheikh who fell unconscious and the family who called an ambulance, in which she was very dehydrated and inhaled fluids that may have worsened her brain injury.
Even when the family called 999, they lied about what had happened to her, the judge said.
“You would all have been aware of her pain and fear,” she said.
'It's just not realistic to conclude that you didn't all know about Ambreen's clumsy situation and her desperate need for medical emergency aid.
“You also knew why she was in that condition.”
The court heard that Mrs. Sheikh is now being taken care of in a palliative care environment and will not recover but could live for decades more.
She was in good health for her collapse and there is some proof that she was a teacher in Pakistan, the court heard.
A witness said that she was 'intelligent, clear, ambitious and happy' before she moved to the UK, and the judge said she was someone who would 'illuminate a room'.
The judge said that Mrs. Sheikh's father is now dead and her mother is in poor health in Pakistan.
