Details of how a woman driven by jealousy and rage brutally stabbed her sister 68 times in a pre-meditated attack while her children slept upstairs will be highlighted in a new documentary series entitled ‘The Lady Killers’.
According to the documentary in May 2016, mother-of-four Saima Khan was found dead in her home after being murdered by her sister and investigating police uncovered the shocking story of a complex love triangle between one husband and two sisters.
While she played the role of the grieving sister, Sabah Khan was spinning a web of deceit as in reality, she had murdered her own sister in cold blood.
The documentary reveals how Sabah looked into various methods of killing her sibling, including buying poison, venomous snakes and even going as far as paying £5,000 for a witch doctor to put a spell on her.
Whilst the Khan family were close, with three generations of the same family living under one roof, caring for and supporting each other, over a four-year period, Sabah had an affair with her sister’s husband, Hafeez Rehman. Whilst he was content at keeping the affair Sabah wanted something more open.
As Jo Sidhu, Sabah’s defence barrister, notes in the programme, Hafeez began exploring his options and even inquired as to whether marrying his sister-in-law would be permissible in Islam.
While Hafeez was content at keeping his affair with his wife’s sister secret, Sabah wanted something more open. As Jo Sidhu, Sabah’s defence barrister, notes in the programme, Hafeez began exploring his options and even inquired as to whether marrying his sister-in-law would be permissible in Islam.
It was online that Sabah came across a Pakistani witch doctor, or ‘fixer’, to see to her sister’s demise for the cost of £5,000.
Playing the role of the bereaved sister, Sabah appeared breathless as she explained how she had found her sister’s lifeless body lying in the hallway. But as Forensic Psychologist Dr. Donna Youngs argues, examining the police bodycam footage at the scene, Sabah’s guilt shone through her performance as she feigned shock over her sister’s death.
In 2017, Sabah Khan pleaded guilty to her sister’s murder and was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 22 years.
