# Man who murdered his pregnant wife with three relatives released from prison

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/husband-who-helped-his-family-murder-his-pregnant-wife-believing-she-was-possessed-by-an-evil-spirit-is-released-from-prison/
- Published: 2026-10-28T00:01:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T00:12:53+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16242241/Husband-family-murder-pregnant-wife-evil-spirit-prison.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Mumtaz was released last year after serving time for murder.
- His wife Naila was 21 and almost six months pregnant.
- Three relatives were convicted alongside him.

## Summary

Mohammed Tauseef Mumtaz, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife with the help of three relatives, was released from prison last year after the Parole Board recommended his release. The case concerns the killing of Naila Mumtaz, aged 21, and the severe isolation she faced in the family home, far from her relatives and speaking little English.

Naila was found dead in the Birmingham home she shared with her husband’s family in July 2009, when she was almost six months pregnant. Mumtaz and his parents, Zia Ul-Haq and Salma Aslam, and brother-in-law Hammad Hassan were convicted of murder in 2012; Mumtaz was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 13 years. He claimed Naila was possessed by a jinn, but medical evidence showed she died from asphyxia, and the judge said the precise motive could not be established.

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