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Furious that his wife Aasiya had filed for divorce Muzzammil Hassan lured her to the Muslim TV station they'd founded, stabbed her 40 times, before decapitating her.
His claims that he abused him were scoffed at by Judge Thomas Franczyk who told him: "Self-defense? I don't think so.
"You bought two hunting knives, you tested them for sharpness, you laid in wait in a darkened hallway for your unsuspecting wife and you
butchered her," .
Hassan, 46, who defended himself painted himself as a victim in an eight-year marriage filled with arguments and threats.
But prosecutors produced a huge number of medical and police reports showing it was Aasiya Hassan who was incessantly verbally and physically abused.
Barely able to hide his contempt the judge told him: "I'm sure there are more men than we can imagine who are victims of domestic violence and you have done them no favors. If ever there was a message lost on the messenger, this was the case."
Hassan was also barred from contacting his two oldest children from one of two previous marriages. Twenty-year-old Sonia Hassan and her 19-year-old brother, Michael, testified against their father on their stepmother's behalf.
Hassan also has two younger children with Aasiya Hassan, who were 4 and 6 years old at the time of their mother's death.
They are living with their maternal grandparents in Pakistan.
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