of course, first degree murder was off the murder table, nobody could go for a lesser charge of second degree murder. which he did. a new trial date was set for six months later, april 2015. and then, one month before that trial was to begin, surprise! julie had some astonishing news for the judge. the re-trial to a woman accused of killing her husband, the attorney said she is pregnant. seven months pregnant. she intentionally got pregnant in order to interfere with the retrial. really, that devious in your mind? she is really that devious and well-planned and manipulative. what s more, julie s pregnancy was highly
the re trial of a tiktok influencer and her mother accused of murdering two men who died in a crash in leicestershire last year has begun. 23 year old mahek bukhari and her mother are accused, along with six other defendants. all eight of them have pleaded not guilty. our midlands correspondent navteonhal is outside leicester crown court. mahek bukhari is a tiktok influence with millions of likes for her videos, some of which feature her mother, ansreen bukhari. the prosecution has been laying out to the court how an extramarital affair between mahek ansreen bukhari and another man led to what they called cold blooded murder. 46 year old ansreen bukhari had been having an affair with saqib hussein for about three years before she broke it off
in january last year. it s something her daughter was aware of. at the prosecution said he threatened to expose the affair by sending sexually explicit images of her to her husband and son, and attempting to blackmail her to persuade her to contact him. they allege that the damage that the revelation of the affair could have caused to mahek bukhari s standing as an influence was one of the motives for what followed. ajury was one of the motives for what followed. a jury was also played a harrowing 999 call of the hussein s last moments before he died in a car crash on the a46 in leicestershire. the vehicle was driven by his friend, hashim ijazuddin, and both men died on impact. mahek bukhari, ansreen bukhari and the six other defendants all deny murder. the retrial continues and is expected to last three months. health officials are warning that teenagers could be at risk of rare diseases after a drop off in vaccinations during the covid pandemic.