Pakistani man pleads guilty to killing ‘wife’s lover’

A Pakistani man has pleaded guilty to killing a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife.

Shahzad Hussain, aged 35, with a last address at Woodland Avenue, Mosney, Co Meath, was previously jailed for life for murdering his wife’s cousin and his own distant relative Muhammad Arif, 32.

He was also sentenced to seven years for seriously injuring his wife Rashida Bibi Haider, 44, and two years for assaulting her on January 6, 2011, at Mr Arif’s apartment in Fitzwilliam Court, Dyer St, Drogheda, Co Louth. He had denied the charges.