Force refers itself to watchdog over Ambreen Sheikh welfare checks
A police drive has referred itself to the watchdog after it was revealed in courtroom that officers bungled welfare checks on Ambreen Fatima Sheikh and let her abuser be current throughout them.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police instructed MailOnline: ‘Following consideration of issues raised in courtroom relating to prior police contact with Ambreen in 2015, a call has been made to make a referral to the IOPC.’
Ms Sheikh, 39, was doused with chemical compounds, force-fed drugs and left in a vegetative state by her husband’s household as a result of they had been ‘sad together with her housekeeping’ after she who was dropped at the UK from Pakistan in 2014 for an organized marriage.
Ms Sheikh was simply 30-years-old when she was given the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride, which induced catastrophic mind damage. She was additionally doused in a caustic substance within the days main as much as her hospital admission on August 1, 2015.
The apprehensive household of Ms Sheikh contacted police with considerations in July 2015.
Upon finishing up a welfare examine, two West Yorkshire Police officers reported that she was match and nicely.
Ambreen Fatima Sheikh (pictured) was 30 when she was given the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride, which induced catastrophic mind damage, after she was dropped at the UK from Pakistan following an organized marriage
Husband Asgar Sheikh (pictured) at Leeds Crown Court the place he was discovered responsible for permitting his spouse, Ambreen Fatima Sheikh, to undergo severe hurt after she failed to satisfy expectations in an organized marriage
But the choose Mrs Justice Lambert yesterday stated she connected ‘little weight to that evaluation’ as a result of Ms Sheikh spoke little English and her father-in-law was current in the course of the go to.
It was initially thought Ms Sheikh, now 39, would die – however when her ventilator was turned off in hospital, she started to breathe for herself.
The courtroom heard that she has been left unaware of herself or her setting, with out motor response or response to ache, and can by no means get well.
Prosecutors stated she solely survives by being fed by way of a tube and can ultimately die as a consequence of what occurred to her, though this will likely not occur for a few years.
Judge Lambert stated she hardly ever left the home and by no means by herself. She had no impartial revenue, no associates within the UK and will communicate solely somewhat English.
The choose stated: ‘It is troublesome to think about a extra severe damage, wanting loss of life.’
On Wednesday, Ms Sheikh’s husband, Asgar Sheikh, 31, was jailed for seven years and 9 months alongside together with his father, Khalid Sheikh, 55, and his mom, Shabnam Sheikh, 52.
Asgar Sheikh’s brother, Sakalayne Sheikh, 25, was given a six-month sentence, suspended for 2 years, and his sister, Shagufa Sheikh, 29, was given an 18-month sentence, additionally suspended for 2 years.
None of the household gave proof in courtroom and the choose stated she couldn’t say for certain when the abuse started.
Brother-in-law Shakalayne Sheilkh (pictured) was handed a sentence of six months suspended for 2 years for permitting Ambreen Fatima Sheikh to undergo severe hurt after she failed to satisfy expectations in an organized marriage
Sister-in-law Shagufa Sheikh (pictured) was handed a sentence of 18 months, suspended for 2 years for permitting Ambreen Fatima Sheikh to undergo severe hurt after she failed to satisfy expectations in an organized marriage
Father-in-law Khalid Sheikh (pictured) was jailed for seven years and 9 months for permitting Ambreen Fatima Sheikh to undergo severe hurt after she failed to satisfy expectations in an organized marriage
None of the household gave proof in courtroom and the choose stated she couldn’t say for certain when the abuse started
The trial heard proof that, quickly after Ms Sheikh arrived within the UK, the household weren’t completely satisfied together with her housekeeping and chores, and Khalid Sheikh had recommended she ought to be despatched again to Pakistan.
Concerns had been raised by members of the prolonged household and two law enforcement officials carried out a welfare examine in July however reported Ms Sheikh as being match and nicely.
The choose stated she connected ‘little weight to that evaluation’ as a result of Ms Sheikh spoke little English and her father-in-law was current in the course of the go to.
She stated she didn’t know who administered the corrosive substance, which left extreme burns on Ms Sheikh’s decrease again, backside and proper ear, and should have left her in appreciable and lasting ache.
And she stated she didn’t know who ‘tricked or compelled’ her to take the glimepiride, which was prescribed to Shabnam Sheikh and is extraordinarily harmful to non-diabetics, even in small doses.
The choose determined there was a two to three-day delay between Ms Sheikh falling unconscious and the household calling an ambulance, throughout which she turned extremely dehydrated and inhaled fluids which can have exacerbated her mind damage.
Even when the household referred to as 999, they lied about what had occurred to her, the choose stated.
‘You would all have been conscious of her ache and misery,’ she stated.
‘It’s simply not sensible to conclude that you simply didn’t all know of Ambreen’s predicament and her determined want for emergency medical care.
‘You all additionally knew why she was in that situation.’
The courtroom heard that Ms Sheikh is now being taken care of in a palliative care setting and won’t get well however may reside for many years extra.
