Post by Teddy Bear on May 1, 2014 17:22:02 GMT
When today I saw this headline in the BBC England website I found it somewhat strange - Husband 'killed evil apparition Rania Alayed in self-defence'.
The 'evil apparition' was actually his wife, a beautiful young woman
Not only is the headline bizarre, especially from the perspective of our society, but also what is related within.
You can judge for yourself below, then we'll see what is omitted in this article.
If we compare this to the article from the BBC that ran yesterday we can see certain things have been omitted, which I think is very suspect.
I'll highlight the particular elements that I think should have been included in the one above to give a better understanding for anybody reading, which begins even from the headline.
So why do you think the BBC didn't include this in today's article?
The 'evil apparition' was actually his wife, a beautiful young woman
Not only is the headline bizarre, especially from the perspective of our society, but also what is related within.
You can judge for yourself below, then we'll see what is omitted in this article.
Husband 'killed evil apparition Rania Alayed in self-defence'
A man killed his wife in self-defence when she approached him in the form of an evil apparition, a court has heard.
Ahmed Al-Khatib, 35, claims the spirit then commanded him to bury her body.
Mother-of-three Rania Alayed, 25, from Manchester, went missing last June but her body has never been found.
Al-Khatib, of Gorton, admits causing her death but denies murder. His brother Muhaned, 38, also denies murder but admits intending to pervert the course of justice.
Prosecutors say Al-Khatib murdered Ms Alayed, who previously lived in Norton, Teesside, at his brother's flat in Salford and then began an elaborate deception to convince her family and friends that she was still alive.
A jury at Manchester Crown Court was told that Al-Khatib was claiming a partial defence of diminished responsibility.
Restrained by guards
Tony Cross QC, prosecuting, said: "The defendant accepts he was responsible for the death of his wife Rania but he insists it was not his intention to harm his wife.
"He had been mentally unwell at that time with paranoia manifested in auditory and visual hallucinations, with a djinn - an evil apparition speaking to the defendant.
"Immediately prior to the death of his wife the defendant began to see his wife in the form of a djinn. This vision terrified him and advanced towards him.
"The defendant believed he was going to be killed and pushed her back.
"His wife struck her head against a mirror or a piece of furniture and she was rendered unconscious and then realised she was dead.
"The defendant will say he was acting in self-defence in pushing his wife, the djinn, away.
"The prosecution do not accept that the defendant's mental responsibility was diminished at all."
He said that the defendant had been seen by a number of psychiatrists and reports were submitted about his behaviour.
A prosecution expert pointed out "concerns" as to whether or not the actions of the defendant were "simply being made up".
At that point the defendant lunged forward from his seat in the dock and put his hands around the neck of an interpreter.
Trial halted
He had to be physically restrained by guards and the trial was temporarily halted.
Al-Khatib was arrested on 4 July and had made no complaint of any mental illness, the court heard.
He told police the relationship had been trouble-free until January last year when his wife rang police about a row when he had taken her phone.
Detectives were told he had not seen her since April and he had tried to contact her 30 times but believed her to be in Turkey or Syria.
The next day Muhaned Al-Khatib, of Salford, told police that Ms Alayed was not alive and she had been buried at the side of a layby on the A19 in north Yorkshire.
He denied helping his brother to murder her or bury her and said he had not seen her body.
The court heard he agreed to show police where her grave was but the location could not be found.
Al-Khatib and his brother admit intending to pervert the course of justice by transporting and concealing the body of Ms Alayed.
A third brother, Hussain Al-Khatib, 34, of Knutsford Road, Gorton, denies the latter charge.
The trial continues.
A man killed his wife in self-defence when she approached him in the form of an evil apparition, a court has heard.
Ahmed Al-Khatib, 35, claims the spirit then commanded him to bury her body.
Mother-of-three Rania Alayed, 25, from Manchester, went missing last June but her body has never been found.
Al-Khatib, of Gorton, admits causing her death but denies murder. His brother Muhaned, 38, also denies murder but admits intending to pervert the course of justice.
Prosecutors say Al-Khatib murdered Ms Alayed, who previously lived in Norton, Teesside, at his brother's flat in Salford and then began an elaborate deception to convince her family and friends that she was still alive.
A jury at Manchester Crown Court was told that Al-Khatib was claiming a partial defence of diminished responsibility.
Restrained by guards
Tony Cross QC, prosecuting, said: "The defendant accepts he was responsible for the death of his wife Rania but he insists it was not his intention to harm his wife.
"He had been mentally unwell at that time with paranoia manifested in auditory and visual hallucinations, with a djinn - an evil apparition speaking to the defendant.
"Immediately prior to the death of his wife the defendant began to see his wife in the form of a djinn. This vision terrified him and advanced towards him.
"The defendant believed he was going to be killed and pushed her back.
"His wife struck her head against a mirror or a piece of furniture and she was rendered unconscious and then realised she was dead.
"The defendant will say he was acting in self-defence in pushing his wife, the djinn, away.
"The prosecution do not accept that the defendant's mental responsibility was diminished at all."
He said that the defendant had been seen by a number of psychiatrists and reports were submitted about his behaviour.
A prosecution expert pointed out "concerns" as to whether or not the actions of the defendant were "simply being made up".
At that point the defendant lunged forward from his seat in the dock and put his hands around the neck of an interpreter.
Trial halted
He had to be physically restrained by guards and the trial was temporarily halted.
Al-Khatib was arrested on 4 July and had made no complaint of any mental illness, the court heard.
He told police the relationship had been trouble-free until January last year when his wife rang police about a row when he had taken her phone.
Detectives were told he had not seen her since April and he had tried to contact her 30 times but believed her to be in Turkey or Syria.
The next day Muhaned Al-Khatib, of Salford, told police that Ms Alayed was not alive and she had been buried at the side of a layby on the A19 in north Yorkshire.
He denied helping his brother to murder her or bury her and said he had not seen her body.
The court heard he agreed to show police where her grave was but the location could not be found.
Al-Khatib and his brother admit intending to pervert the course of justice by transporting and concealing the body of Ms Alayed.
A third brother, Hussain Al-Khatib, 34, of Knutsford Road, Gorton, denies the latter charge.
The trial continues.
If we compare this to the article from the BBC that ran yesterday we can see certain things have been omitted, which I think is very suspect.
I'll highlight the particular elements that I think should have been included in the one above to give a better understanding for anybody reading, which begins even from the headline.
Rania Alayed case: 'Westernised' wife 'murdered by husband'
A mother of three from Manchester was murdered by her husband for becoming "too westernised" and "establishing an independent life", a court has heard.
Rania Alayed, 25, went missing last June but her body has never been found.
Ahmed Al-Khatib admits causing her death, claiming he was "possessed of a spirit" when he pushed her, causing her to stumble, fall and bang her head.
Al-Khatib, 35, of Gorton, and his brother Muhaned Al-Khatib, of Salford, both deny murder.
Syrian-born Ms Alayed went to drop off her children at the flat of the defendant's brother, where she is said to have been murdered.
Muhaned Al-Khatib, 38, left the address with the children some 45 minutes later and shortly afterwards Ahmed Al-Khatib walked out wearing some of her traditional clothing with a suitcase containing her corpse, the Manchester Crown Court jury was told.
'Comply or be killed'
Muhaned Al-Khatib said he was not present at the time that any violence was used against Ms Alayed and did not bear any responsibility for her murder, the court heard.
It is alleged that in the early hours of the next day the two brothers, and another sibling, drove her body from Manchester to North Yorkshire where she was buried.
The prosecution told the jury the mother of three, from Cheetham Hill, had been "in fear of her husband" and "believed he might one day kill her".
She had sought help from the Citizens Advice Bureau, the police and eventually a solicitor which had angered her husband's family, the court heard.
Tony Cross QC, prosecuting, said: "The family of the defendants were insulted that she had gone to the law. They wanted her and her children back within the family fold.
"They believed that she was establishing an independent life, perhaps with another man. Therefore, it was decided that she should either be forced to comply or be killed."
Mr Cross added that in her husband's eyes she "began to become a little too westernised and had friends, male and female".
"This was all too much for the first two defendants," he said.
Al-Khatib and and his brother admit intending to pervert the course of justice by transporting and concealing the body of Ms Alayed.
A third brother, Hussain Al-Khatib, 34, of Knutsford Road, Gorton, denies the latter charge.
The trial continues.
A mother of three from Manchester was murdered by her husband for becoming "too westernised" and "establishing an independent life", a court has heard.
Rania Alayed, 25, went missing last June but her body has never been found.
Ahmed Al-Khatib admits causing her death, claiming he was "possessed of a spirit" when he pushed her, causing her to stumble, fall and bang her head.
Al-Khatib, 35, of Gorton, and his brother Muhaned Al-Khatib, of Salford, both deny murder.
Syrian-born Ms Alayed went to drop off her children at the flat of the defendant's brother, where she is said to have been murdered.
Muhaned Al-Khatib, 38, left the address with the children some 45 minutes later and shortly afterwards Ahmed Al-Khatib walked out wearing some of her traditional clothing with a suitcase containing her corpse, the Manchester Crown Court jury was told.
'Comply or be killed'
Muhaned Al-Khatib said he was not present at the time that any violence was used against Ms Alayed and did not bear any responsibility for her murder, the court heard.
It is alleged that in the early hours of the next day the two brothers, and another sibling, drove her body from Manchester to North Yorkshire where she was buried.
The prosecution told the jury the mother of three, from Cheetham Hill, had been "in fear of her husband" and "believed he might one day kill her".
She had sought help from the Citizens Advice Bureau, the police and eventually a solicitor which had angered her husband's family, the court heard.
Tony Cross QC, prosecuting, said: "The family of the defendants were insulted that she had gone to the law. They wanted her and her children back within the family fold.
"They believed that she was establishing an independent life, perhaps with another man. Therefore, it was decided that she should either be forced to comply or be killed."
Mr Cross added that in her husband's eyes she "began to become a little too westernised and had friends, male and female".
"This was all too much for the first two defendants," he said.
Al-Khatib and and his brother admit intending to pervert the course of justice by transporting and concealing the body of Ms Alayed.
A third brother, Hussain Al-Khatib, 34, of Knutsford Road, Gorton, denies the latter charge.
The trial continues.
So why do you think the BBC didn't include this in today's article?