Sinead Wooding was allegedly murdered by her husband Akshar Ali and friend Yasmin Ahmed on May 13
A mother-of-four allegedly murdered by her strict Muslim husband called police the night before she was killed but officers did not visit until three days later.
Sinead Wooding, 26, had dialed 999 after her husband Akshar Ali, 27, had banned her from seeing friends and family, on May 13.
But by the time police arrived at her marital home in Leeds, Ms Wooding’s body had been dumped in a nearby woodland and set alight, Leeds Crown Court heard.
Ali and friend Yasmin Ahmed, 27, are accused of stabbing Ms Wooding before bludgeoning her with a claw hammer during a drunken argument at a house party.
The Muslim convert’s badly disfigured body was found with six stab wounds to the chest and there was evidence of 12 blows to her head caused by the hammer, the jury was told.
Ali and Ahmed are alleged to have hidden her body in his cellar for two days before wrapping it in a carpet and driving to secluded woodland, where they set it on fire in the early hours of May 14.
Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell QC told the jury: ‘At 11.30am on Saturday morning (May 13) the officer expected to speak to Sinead Wooding but found Akshar Ali at the address with Sinead’s older children.
‘He told the officer the other children were being looked after by his mother because Sinead Wooding hadn’t come home.
Ms Wooding’s bod was found in woods near Alwoodley Crags car park in Leeds in May
‘He told the officer that this happened frequently when she was drinking.
‘The officer asked questions about the night the call was made and asked questions to the children.
‘He spoke to his superiors and advised Akshar Ali that he should contact the police if she didn’t come home within 24 hours.’
The prosecution claim Ali and Ahmed were trying to cover their tracks on the morning of May 14, by frantically calling and texting Ms Wooding’s phone and those of her friends and family members.
At 5.15am Ahmed sent a text message to his wife’s phone, which read: ‘Hey babes where are you? It’s not funny now. Please call me or Ali.
Ali, 27, and his friend Yasmin Ahmed are on trial at Leeds Crown Court for murdering Ms Wooding in a knife and hammer attack
‘We’re all starting to get worried. Kids keep asking for you. Please come home or at least get in touch xxx.’
The court heard Ali frantically called and texted Sinead’s phone after the police visit and also contacted her friends and family members.
Ms Wooding’s burned body was found by joggers in woodland and later the same day Ali was arrested and charged with his wife’s murder.
Ahmed was arrested on Tuesday 16 May and charged with the same crime.
Ali’s 45-year-old mother Aktahr Bi denies assisting an offender by making arrangements to dispose of Ms Wooding’s corpse.
Ali’s 21-year-old brother Asim Ali denies assisting an offender by procuring a vehicle and assisting in the disposal and burning of her body.
Yasmin Ahmed’s friend Vicky Briggs, 25, denies assisting an offender by helping clean up and burn material after the murder.
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