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Paramedics race to load a woman into the ambulance after she was stabbed in the chest at a home in Parramatta. Picture: Gordon McComiskie
A MAN accused of stabbing his wife of five years to death last night had just found out she was having an affair, his defence lawyer said outside court.
Bangladeshi migrant Shahab Ahmed, 33, has been charged with the murder of his 33-year-old wife, Khondkar Faihi Elahi.
He didn’t apply for bail after appearing briefly on the video link at Parramatta Bail Court this afternoon.
Bangladeshi migrant Shahab Ahmed was arrested at the scene and his hands covered with evidence bags. Picture: Gordon McComiskieSource:News Corp Australia
Defence lawyer Zemarai Khatiz told the court his client was in a “very distressed and emotional state” and he would apply for bail at his next court appearance.
Speaking outside the court Mr Khatiz said the accused was in a state of shock and emotional distress.
“My client was married for a period of five years when he found out the deceased was having an affair,” he said. “And the relationship came to a very tragic end.”
He said the accused did not have a history of violence and worked in the city.
Magistrate Andrew George adjourned the matter to Parramatta Court on Monday.
Emergency crews found the badly injured woman after being called to a home on Campbell St, Parramatta just before 10pm.
Paramedics performed CPR, desperately trying to revive the victim as they wheeled her out of the unit block on a stretcher and into the ambulance.
She was taken to Westmead hospital where she later died
Police arrested 33-year-old Shahab Ahmed and took him to Parramatta police station for questioning.
Paramedics perform CPR on the stabbed woman. Picture: Gordon McComiskieSource:News Corp Australia
Detectives charged the 33-year-old with murder. Picture: Gordon McComiskieSource:News Corp Australia
Police covered the man’s hands in evidence bags as he was led away from the scene.
Strike Force Alleynside was today formed to investigate the death, with detectives from the NSW State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad and Parramatta Local Area Command detectives today laying the single murder charge.
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The accused’s wife later died in hospital Picture: Gordon McComiskiSource:News Corp Australia
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Originally published as Husband ‘fatally stabbed cheating wife’: Lawyer