Cardiff Man Gets Life for Murdering Estranged Wife

Alireza Askari, a 42-year-old man from Penylan, Cardiff, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday for murdering his estranged wife, Paria Veisi, and burying her body in the garden of their former home less than two weeks after she left him. The 37-year-old Iranian-born woman was stabbed to death in the conservatory of the Foster Drive property on April 12, 2024, and her remains were discovered three days later following reports from concerned relatives.

Prosecutor William Hughes KC told Cardiff Crown Court that Askari fatally stabbed Ms Veisi in the neck and upper chest with one of four kitchen knives he had purchased from a Tesco supermarket earlier that day. The attack occurred around 4:30 p.m. after Ms Veisi arrived at the house following a phone conversation with her estranged husband. A witness in a nearby vehicle heard a scream described as reminiscent of a horror film scene. The absence of defensive wounds on Ms Veisi's body indicated the assault caught her completely by surprise, according to Hughes.

Ms Veisi, who had moved out of the Foster Drive home on April 3, 2024, and begun renting a flat on Richmond Road, worked as a hairdresser at the Rey salon on Cowbridge...