Family FREED from jail after ‘leaving bride in vegetative state by feeding her pills when she failed to meet standards’
Family FREED from jail after ‘leaving bride in vegetative state by feeding her pills when she failed to meet standards’
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A FAMILY who left a bride in a vegetative state by allegedly force-feeding her pills when she "failed to meet their expectations" have been freed from jail. Ambreen Fatima Sheikh suffered "irretrievable" brain damage when she fell unconscious ten years ago.
![[Mugshot of Asgar Sheikh.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/undated-handout-photo-issued-west-879359041.jpg?strip=all&w=816)
Husband Asgar Sheikh, 31, dad-in-law Khalid Sheikh, 55, and mum-in-law Shabnam Sheikh, 52, were last year jailed for a total of 23 years. The trio were found guilty of causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical harm following a trial.
![[Ambreen Fatima Sheikh in a red coat.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/undated-family-handout-photo-issued-879397853.jpg?strip=all&w=355)
But they have now been released from prison after the conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal. Judges found the original case at Leeds Crown Court was "riddled with evidential difficulties". The family's convictions for perverting the course of justice and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice were upheld.
![[Mugshot of Shabnam Sheikh.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/undated-handout-photo-issued-west-879359030.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
Sister-in-law Shagufa, 29, who was handed a suspended sentence for causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical harm, also had her conviction overturned. The court previously how Ambreen arrived in the UK in 2014 as a well-educated "happy-go-lucky" young woman.
![[Mugshot of Khalid Sheikh.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/undated-handout-photo-issued-west-879359115.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
She had been flown in from Pakistan for an arranged marriage but was targeted by her new family because she had "not lived up to expectations” as a wife, it was said. Although the family refused to give evidence, prosecutors suggested she was subjected to a "pattern of violence" behind closed doors.
