Article 6JMKQ Family jailed after woman poisoned and doused in corrosive substance

Family jailed after woman poisoned and doused in corrosive substance

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Aneesa Ahmed
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Ambreen Fatima Sheikh in vegetative state after husband and in-laws waited days to call ambulance after she fell unconscious

A man and his parents have been jailed after his wife was forced to take anti-diabetes medication and doused in a corrosive substance, leaving her in a persistent vegetative state from which she will never recover.

Ambreen Fatima Sheikh, described as intelligent, bright, ambitious and happy-go-lucky", was 30 when she was given the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride after being brought to the UK from Pakistan after an arranged marriage.

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