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2:23

On August 1st 2015 at 1 12 a.m. A call to 999 Equivalent

2:30

of 911 was made on the line

2:32

was sugar stuff. She Quote

2:37

my sister-in-law can't breathe properly

2:39

unquote Ambulance

2:41

arrived to the home on Clara Street

2:44

at 1 31 a.m. Where

2:47

the paramedics were taken to sugar says room

2:49

a Woman

2:51

lay on the bed completely unconscious This

2:55

woman was a brain bottom a

2:57

she When asked

2:59

by the paramedics what had happened Chagovda

3:02

replied saying her sister-in-law had

3:04

stopped talking to anyone at

3:06

midnight and became

3:08

completely unresponsive To

3:10

this the paramedic asked why it took over an

3:13

hour for her to call for help She

3:16

then quickly changed her account and said um,

3:18

Breen became unresponsive around 1 a.m

3:23

She went on to add that I'm

3:25

green had been suffering from terrible headaches

3:27

for the past few days and

3:29

had spent most of her day in bed at

3:33

the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

3:36

Umbreen was immediately put in

3:38

the intensive care unit or the

3:40

ICU where she was intubated

3:43

a CT

3:45

scan was performed in which

3:47

swelling was found on her

3:49

brain It wasn't immediately

3:52

clear as to what had caused the

3:54

swelling the next day

3:56

a procedure called a

3:58

spinal tap or lumbar

4:00

puncture was to be performed

4:03

to determine if there was an infection in

4:05

the brain. However, no

4:07

such infection was detected. At

4:11

the time of the spinal tap, doctors

4:13

noticed a severe burn on

4:15

Umbrine's lower back and

4:18

upon examination, doctors determined

4:20

that the burn had occurred approximately

4:22

5 to 7 days

4:25

before Umbrine was brought to the

4:27

hospital. The likely

4:30

cause was a corrosive substance.

4:34

Umbrine also had

4:36

anti-diabetic medication called

4:38

glimeparoid used to treat type

4:40

2 diabetes in

4:43

her system, although she was

4:45

not diabetic. When

4:47

Asfarshe, Umbrine's husband, was

4:50

asked by Dr. Jones about the burn

4:52

on her back, he said

4:54

he was aware of the headaches but

4:57

couldn't think of any reason why

4:59

she would have burns on her lower back. This

5:02

was reason enough for the doctors at

5:05

the infirmary to call the police.

5:09

It was determined that Umbrine

5:11

suffered burns not only to

5:14

her lower back but also her

5:16

bottom and her right

5:18

ear due to the corrosive substance,

5:21

along with sores all over her

5:23

body including her toes that

5:26

would indicate a period of

5:28

prolonged immobility. In

5:31

addition to this, investigators

5:33

believe that some stage,

5:36

one or more of the defendants had

5:39

removed her vomit and urine soiled

5:41

clothing, cleaned her

5:43

body and dressed her

5:45

and carried her into the sister-in-law's

5:47

bedroom. According

5:50

to the Daily Mail, due

5:52

to the catastrophic brain injury

5:54

that Umbrine developed from the

5:56

anti-diabetes drug, it was initially

5:59

thought that she would have been a would not survive

6:01

very long. However,

6:03

after ventilators were shut off

6:05

in the hospital, she began

6:07

to breathe for herself. It

6:10

has now been nine years

6:12

and Amreen is still holding on to

6:15

her life in a vegetative

6:17

state. She is

6:19

unaware of her environment, not

6:21

responsive to pain, has no

6:24

motor response, and will

6:26

never recover. She

6:28

is fed through a tube and

6:30

doctors say it is only a matter

6:33

of time when her body completely shuts

6:35

down for good, but this

6:37

could take decades. All

6:40

five of the family members were

6:42

charged with causing or allowing a

6:45

vulnerable adult to suffer

6:47

serious physical harm. This

6:50

offense carried a maximum sentence of

6:52

10 years imprisonment at

6:55

the time this took place. However,

6:57

it has since been increased to 14 years since.

7:01

Shaghufta, Shabnam, and

7:04

Askar were

7:06

all accused of doing an act intending

7:08

to pervert the course of justice, meaning

7:11

they prevented justice from being served

7:14

on Amreen. So

7:16

who are these five family members and

7:19

how did this all come to be? Amreen

7:23

Fatima and Askar Sheik had

7:26

an arranged marriage in

7:28

Pakistan in 2013. Askar

7:30

and his family, which included his

7:32

mom Shabnam Sheik, his

7:35

father Khaled Sheik, his

7:37

brother Saklan Sheik, and

7:39

his sister Shaghufta Sheik, all

7:42

lived in West Yorkshire in

7:44

the UK in the town of

7:47

Huddersfield. Amreen was

7:49

a teacher in Pakistan, a

7:52

happy-go-lucky, full-of-life sort of person.

7:55

People close to her said she would

7:57

light up a room. Umbreen

8:00

had seven siblings. It

8:03

wasn't until November 2014

8:06

when Umbreen arrived to the UK

8:08

to live in the same home

8:10

as Oscar and his family. According

8:14

to Robert Steen-Smith, it

8:17

was soon after Umbreen's arrival

8:19

that problems in the Sheikh

8:21

household began. Umbreen

8:24

wasn't meeting the expectations of her

8:26

husband and his family, and

8:29

soon after she was socially isolated.

8:32

She rarely left the house. She

8:35

was never allowed to leave alone. She

8:38

had no independent income, no

8:40

friends, and could barely speak any

8:42

English. Another source

8:44

reported that Oscar Sheikh was

8:46

threatened to kill Umbreen's family

8:49

members if they came to visit. According

8:53

to the lead's Crown Court

8:55

records, Shabnam, the

8:57

mother-in-law, had mentioned to her

8:59

cousin Nahila Sade that

9:02

in January 2015, which was

9:04

only two months after Umbreen

9:07

arrived to the UK, she

9:09

was caught smoking a cigarette with

9:12

quote, drugs in it, unquote.

9:15

When confronted by Shabnam, Umbreen

9:18

mentioned that it was a cigarette that her

9:20

husband Oscar had given to her. In

9:23

another instance, Shabnam complained

9:25

to her cousin Nahila about

9:27

Umbreen being smelly due to

9:30

body odor and not showering, for

9:33

which Nahila suggested buying shampoo,

9:36

deodorant, and body wash for

9:38

Umbreen because she was new to the

9:40

country and needed some education on personal

9:42

hygiene. Nahila

9:45

suggested giving Umbreen at least

9:47

six months to get used

9:49

to her new life, her new surroundings, and

9:51

of course, marriage itself. But

9:54

Shabnam wouldn't stop with the complaints. She

9:58

said Umbreen doesn't cook japati. or

10:00

roti for her husband and

10:02

doesn't do routine household chores.

10:06

So to this Nahila suggested sending her

10:08

back to Pakistan if the family is

10:10

unable to get along with her. Khaled

10:13

Shay, the father-in-law, also wanted

10:15

to send Umbrian back to

10:17

Pakistan but Shabnam refused.

10:21

In July of 2015, only a few weeks

10:24

before the 999 call, Umbrian's

10:27

family members asked police to do

10:29

a welfare check on her as

10:31

they were worried about her. The

10:34

West Yorkshire police officers said that

10:36

she was fit and well. However,

10:40

in court, the judge who

10:42

was presiding over the case named

10:44

Justice Lambert said, quote,

10:47

I attach little weight to that assessment

10:50

because Miss Shay spoke little

10:52

English and her father-in-law

10:54

was present during the visit, unquote.

10:58

At trial, the court

11:00

heard that any responsible

11:02

person in that household

11:05

would have been made aware of the

11:07

burn as it would have been agonizing

11:09

for Umbrian and medical treatment

11:12

should have been arranged for

11:15

immediately, quote, it

11:17

is inconceivable that

11:19

the household were unaware of it. Due

11:24

to the family not giving any evidence

11:26

in court, the court

11:28

was unable to determine when

11:30

the abuse had actually began. However,

11:33

from November 2014 when

11:36

Umbrian arrived to the UK, up

11:38

to August 2015 when the 999

11:41

call was made, that's not even

11:43

a full year. So the

11:45

abuse must have began either right

11:47

away or after the welfare

11:50

check was conducted in July of 2015. The

11:54

court was also not able to

11:56

determine who administered the corrosive substance

11:59

leaving a Umbrine in lasting pain. The

12:03

glemmeparoid was prescribed to Shabnam,

12:05

the mother-in-law, but

12:07

again the court was unable to

12:09

determine who force fed those pills

12:11

to Umbrine. The

12:14

judge determined that there was a

12:16

delay of two to three days

12:19

between when Umbrine fell unconscious

12:22

and when the 999 call was made. It

12:24

is also likely that during this

12:27

time is when Umbrine forcefully inhaled

12:29

and ingested the toxic fluids. A

12:32

neighbor of the Shake family said, I

12:36

was shocked because I just didn't realize

12:38

that there was another person living in

12:40

the house that we weren't aware of.

12:44

She went on to say that she didn't even

12:46

know Oscar had gotten married and

12:48

that the wife was living at the address

12:51

since November of 2014. The

12:54

assistant chief constable named

12:57

Damien Miller of West Yorkshire

12:59

Police said, West

13:02

Yorkshire Police has

13:04

worked hard in recent years

13:06

to improve its safeguarding of

13:08

vulnerable victims in domestic settings,

13:11

including those from minority communities.

13:15

So if this was a case, why did this

13:18

abuse even happen? If the

13:20

officers realized that the father-in-law was present

13:22

at the time of the wellness check,

13:25

why didn't they think to check

13:27

on Umbrine again at a time where she

13:30

would possibly be alone or unsupervised

13:32

in the house? After

13:35

10 hours of jury deliberation, four

13:38

out of five family members were found

13:41

guilty. Oscar

13:43

Shake, who is now 31, was

13:46

jailed for seven years and nine months, along

13:48

with his father Khaled and mother Shabnam.

13:52

His sister Shaguffa was given

13:54

an 18-month sentence suspended for

13:56

two years. Oscar

13:58

Shake's brother Saklanshe was

14:00

not found guilty on this charge, but

14:02

was given a six-month sentence

14:04

suspended for two years. All

14:07

five defendants were found guilty of

14:10

conspiracy to pervert the course of

14:12

justice. At

14:14

the time of sentencing, the judge said

14:16

the family would have definitely been made

14:19

aware of her pain, so

14:21

to say that she was experiencing headaches

14:23

and stopped talking to anyone didn't

14:25

make any sense. The

14:27

intention of the family was clear, to

14:30

instill the maximum amount of pain

14:32

and suffering on a brain without

14:35

directly killing her. And

14:37

all for what? Just because she

14:39

didn't live up to the ridiculous

14:42

expectations of the family? I'm curious

14:45

to know what our listeners think. Are

14:48

these sentences shared? When

14:50

I researched this case, I was

14:52

literally sick to my stomach. I

14:56

cannot believe how a human being

14:58

could torture another human being this way.

15:01

In my opinion, although Umbrain has

15:03

not passed away yet, she's

15:06

basically deceased because there

15:08

is no hope for recovery, and

15:10

she's been in a vegetative state for nine

15:13

years now. This,

15:15

in my opinion, warrants a

15:17

life imprisonment sentence for all

15:19

five of these scumbag family

15:21

members. Not even

15:24

one of the family members is innocent in

15:26

this. They all knew exactly

15:28

what they were doing and what the damage would

15:30

be. So hearing that the

15:32

sister and brother only got months of

15:34

imprisonment is extremely

15:36

infuriating. I

15:38

personally feel all five should be

15:41

put away for life and never

15:43

see the light of day again.

15:45

Since all this occurred,

15:47

Umbrain's father passed away and her

15:50

mother is very sick in Pakistan.

15:53

One of Umbrain's brothers is known

15:55

to have visited her in the

15:57

palliative care facility that Umbrain lived

15:59

in. For

16:01

this family, it's been an

16:03

ongoing tragedy day in, day

16:06

out, and they are

16:08

constantly reminded about the senseless

16:10

torture and pain Umbreen endured.

16:13

May Umbreen find peace, and

16:16

may a miracle happen in which she is

16:18

able to recover. Ami. If

16:22

you or anyone you know is

16:24

experiencing domestic violence in any shape

16:26

or form, please know

16:28

that there is help. A

16:30

person should never feel like there is

16:32

no way out because there always

16:35

is. I

16:37

have linked some organizations in the show

16:39

description. I'm

16:41

your host Nazjish, signing off. Join

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