A grieving thug who misplaced his spouse and two kids in a home fireplace advised a member of the family he’d killed her kitten and ‘she’d be higher off useless’.
Nabeel Maqsood, terrorised the lady from July 14, 2022, to October 9 that yr, after she agreed to let him keep along with her. The member of the family advised the court docket she was fearful of the defendant, nonetheless, and there was at all times a risk of violence.
In one incident, Maqsood threatened the sufferer with a hammer and stated he “ought to smash her head in”, and on one other event he stated he’d killed her kitten by throwing it out the window.
Prosecutor Nigel Soppitt advised Teesside Crown Court the abuse began when the Middlesbrough defendant moved into his relative’s home when she felt sorry for him as he had nowhere to dwell. However, he would ship and make abusive texts and calls the place he threatened her and known as her a s***. The court docket heard on many events when she was out he demanded she come home.
Mr Soppitt stated he introduced animals into the property and stated he’d killed her kitten. He stated: “He introduced some dogs into the property with out her approval after which within the midst of that advised her he’d thrown her pet kitten out of the window killing it which was deeply upsetting for her. He stated additionally that the dogs had killed it so we do not know what occurred.She stated he was at all times indignant and shouting. She felt he was taking up her home and stated the specter of violence was at all times current.”
The court docket heard she agreed his Universal Credit could possibly be paid into her account however “she was abused and criticised if she did not present sufficient money” and finally he took the bankcard from her.
During one incident on September 23, she was out to dinner with a buddy when the Teessider despatched abusive messages: One learn: “Get the f*** home, I’ll snap your neck you would be higher off useless.” When she arrived home the defendant was drunk and punched her. At one level he pinned her to the mattress and lifted a hammer up and stated he “ought to smash her head in”.
One week later, on September 30, the court docket heard the defendant was consuming and accused her of “scoring medicine with out him”. He punched her and she or he reported the assault to the police.
In a sufferer private assertion the lady stated: “I’m fearful of my [relative] I simply wish to transfer on with my life. I’m learning forensic psychology and wish to focus on my research. Since he has not been round I really feel like a weight has lifted from me. He has made my melancholy and anxiousness worse. I simply wish to really feel protected in my very own home.”
The 45-year-old, who has seven convictions to his identify, was discovered responsible of partaking in controlling and coercive behaviour and assault at trial.
The court docket heard that on the time of the offences the defendant was abusing medicine and alcohol as a coping mechanism as he suffers with PTSD after his spouse and two kids died in a home fireplace. Teesside Live beforehand reported Maqsood rescued certainly one of his sons, Hamza then aged 5, from the fireplace which ripped via their end-terrace home in Russell Street, Stockton, in 2003. His spouse, Sadia and his two different sons – Shamoon, aged 4, and Ahsan, aged three – tragically died.
Recorder Aisha Wadoodi handed the defendant a group order requiring him to finish 12 months drug rehabilitation, 20 rehabilitation days and 70 hours unpaid work. The Sydney Street defendant already has a suspended sentence order in place.
