A man, Aziz Rehman, 47, was on Tuesday sentenced to three years and nine months in jail for keeping his wife a prisoner in their home and also for subjecting her to regular beatings for more than 16 years.
The court heard how Rehman would only allow Zeenit Bibi, 36, to leave the house to do the school run and prevented her from seeing doctors about injuries she sustained at his hands.
Rehman regularly battered his wife, including hitting her with a metal chair and smashing her on the head with a dumbbell.
The businessman kept Zeenit captive at their home in Birmingham between 2000 and 2016.
During that period, Zeenit was prevented from seeing her family, even though some lived just five minutes away.
Rehman would also secretly wedge twigs in the front door frame whenever he left the house so he would know if his wife had been out.
Zeenit finally escaped and raised the alarm while her abusive husband was out of the country in July 2016.
Officers safeguarded her at an address not known to her husband, where she was reunited with family members she’d been stopped from seeing for 16 years.
Rehman was arrested on July 28 that year following his return to the UK and in an interview denied ever assaulting his wife or controlling her behaviour and movements.
However, a jury at Birmingham Crown Court found him guilty of assaulting his wife and coercive control following a trial.
He was also convicted on one count of wilful assault against a girl.
At the same court on Tuesday, he was jailed for three years and nine months.
Sentencing, Judge Roderick Henderson told Rehman he had completely controlled his wife and treated her like his property.
He added: “People are entitled to a basic level of respect from their partners and not to be assaulted, bullied or controlled — this behaviour will not be tolerated.”
Rehman married his wife in 2000. But he became violent towards her just two days into their marriage.
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