Harrowing screams broke the silence of the night as families slept on a quiet street in Rochdale.
Neighbours were woken as Saima Riaz's took her final few breaths, her life barbarically ended by the man who had vowed to care for her.
A 'horrendous cloud' has fallen on the road in Smallbridge ever since, a court heard, with some deciding to up sticks and leave, and the home Saima, 33, shared with her husband Mohammed Choudhry remaining vacant ever since.
Now Choudhry, 36, from Rochdale, has been jailed for life for a murder which saw him stab Saima 75 times.
And the tragic story of how not only Saima Riaz, but also her sister Chamman Nisa Shah, both met tragic deaths after striving for happiness and independence, can be revealed.
Saima's murder came after weeks of suffering at the hands of Choudhry.
After finding out she had sought solace from their unhappy marriage by having an affair, and falling in love with his cousin, he had begun subjecting her to constant questioning.
Choudhry had been physically abusive towards her, but this was eclipsed by the brutality of what was to follow in the early of April 23 last year.
As he had done previously, Choudhry woke Saima up in the middle of the night and started asking her about the affair.
He started attacking her, but she managed to get downstairs and outside the house.
It was then that Choudhry went for a knife.
His attack was so ferocious that he snapped that blade. He used three other knives and stabbed her 75 times.
Her injuries suggested that Choudhry had tried to behead Saima and cut off one of her hands.
Saima had found happiness with Choudhry's cousin, and told a friend she had fallen in love.
Six years earlier, the dreams of Saima's sister, Chamman Nisa Shah, 21, had also ended in tragedy.
Odeon Cinema worker Chamman was a popular student at Oldham College, where she studied media, defying expectations of her with a love of Western fashion, friends recall.
However, in January 2013, she contacted police saying she was concerned for her safety.
She told officers she feared she might be sent to Pakistan, and was admitted to a women’s refuge.
Days later she was found dead on the shores of Hollingworth Lake in Rochdale, having drowned.
Police closed the case after ruling there was no third party involvement or criminal activity.
She had spent just two days at the refuge, and had left a note for her family at home saying: “I love you all very much. I’m sorry.”
A coroner later recorded an open verdict, saying he could not be sure Chamman had taken her own life.
Now Chamman's family are coming to terms with the loss of another daughter.
They attended every day of the trial of Mohammed Choudhry, showing a dignified restraint in contrast to the dauighter's killer, who refused to admit what he had done despite 'damning' evidence.
'Go to hell' was the cry from the public gallery at Manchester Crown Court, as Choudhry was jailed for life for Saima's brutal murder, on Wednesday, after a jury took less than 20 minutes to convict him.
The judge described how Saima had suffered a 'ritualistic punishment' killing at his hands at their home in Smallbridge, Rochdale.
So consumed with anger and resentment was he at her infidelity, that he repeatedly asked Saima why she had lied to him as he stabbed her lifeless body.
Saima had struggled with her mental health, especially after the death of her sister.
She had been married to Choudhry for 13 years, although their union was not officially recognised in the UK as it had been done under Islamic law.
Theirs was not a contented marriage.
Saima had been unhappy for some time.
And this unhappiness led to an affair with one of Choudhry's cousins.
Before even finding out, Choudhry told Saima he would kill her if she dared to speak to another man.
Saima had been trying to gauge how Choudhry would react if he found out of the relationship when his brother exposed her.
Having gained access to her phone, her brother-in-law went on to effectively blackmail Saima.
She was subjected to a 'humiliating' showdown meeting with Choudhry's family, where his brother presented evidence of her infidelity, before Choudhry was informed.
When he confronted Saima, she denied it. At first he seemed to believe her denials, but he continued to question her.
She tried to get work colleagues to lie for her to get Choudhry off her back.
And at one point she was so fearful of the consequences that she considered killing herself.
In the weeks before she died, jealous Choudhry continued to quiz his wife.
He regularly presented her with evidence and sometimes assaulted her.
All the while, Saima had the fear hanging over her that she would be outed within the community, which could lead to her becoming a 'social outcast'.
The day before the killing, they had a seemingly normal day and went out together.
But in the early hours of April 23 Choudhry woke up Saima and picked another argument about her affair, before launching the fatal attack.
She suffered more than 25 wounds to her neck.
There was no mitigation at all for Choudhry, a judge said, before ordering him to serve a minimum of 28 years.
The judge praised the public spirited actions of a neighbour who alerted the police, after seeing Saima covered in blood.
And jurors in the case were told that counselling would be available if they needed it.
Judge Richard Mansell QC described how the killer had 'exaggerated' his mental health problems so he didn't have so sit through horrific evidence, which detailed exactly what he had done to his wife of 13 years.
He had forced Saima's family to sit through a three week trial, which laid bare in grim detail how their loved one died.
"I cannot imagine the pain that many of you are going through, particularly that you have lost a member of the family in horrible circumstances some years ago," Judge Mansell told Saima's family.
He said the case was one of the most horrific he had ever experienced during his career.
Her parents 'feel they don't really want to be alive anymore because of what's happened', prosecutor Alaric Bassano told the court.
