A warning over possible thunderstorms has been issued for parts of England - including Greater Manchester on a massive day of events for the region.
19.05.2023 - 12:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A controlling thug ordered his wife to shave her hair off and whipped her with a belt during a fit of rage. Kalanther Nibraz, 45, behaved in an 'appalling' way to his wife of 17 years and 'made her life a misery'.
He didn't work and spent his wife's earnings from her job at Marks and Spencer in Piccadilly station on cannabis, Manchester Crown Court heard. On one occasion after looking through her mobile phone, Nibraz, from Altrincham, whipped her 10 times with a belt and then ordered her to shave her head.
"He told her to shave her hair off, which she did," prosecutor Helen Longworth said. She told how the couple, originally from Sri Lanka, met in 2004 before marrying two years later. They moved to the UK in 2007 and settled in Manchester, having three children together.
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Ms Longworth said it was an 'abusive relationship from the start'. Nibraz 'couldn't find work' but his wife got a job at Marks and Spencer in Piccadilly station.
When she overheard colleagues talking about holidays, she asked Nibraz 'what these were' and he told her she should be 'grateful' to be in the UK. He spent periods back in Sri Lanka before returning in October 2019, with the subsequent coronavirus lockdown meaning he couldn't travel back to his homeland again.
Nibraz admitted to his wife that he'd engaged in other sexual relationships while he was in Sri Lanka. He told her that he was unhappy because she 'wasn't rich or beautiful'. Ms Longworth said that Nibraz spent the money she earned as the sole earner for their family on cannabis.
He blamed their financial situation on his wife and prevented her from applying for British citizenship, the court heard. Nibraz also
A warning over possible thunderstorms has been issued for parts of England - including Greater Manchester on a massive day of events for the region.
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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms for parts of Greater Manchester today.