Nasri husband jailed for life
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Nasri husband jailed for life
The husband of a special constable who was murdered so he could be with his mistress has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.Lebanese-born Fadi Nasri, 34, was given a life sentence for having his 29-year-old hairdresser wife Nisha Patel-Nasri killed for her life insurance policy, as he had spiralling debts of more than £100,000.Jason Jones and Rodger Leslie were also jailed for life, with minimum terms of 20 years and 18 years, for the murder of Mrs Patel-Nasri who bled to death outside her Wembley, north London, home after being stabbed with a 13-inch kitchen knife.The Old Bailey heard the limousine hire boss was secretly leading a double life and "spending money like water" on his Lithuanian mistress, prostitute Laura Mockiene.In May 2006, the day after he and his wife celebrated their third wedding anniversary, Nasri left her at home alone to meet her violent end while he went out to play snooker.Powerfully-built nightclub bouncer Jones stabbed Mrs Patel-Nasri after being given the job by Leslie, a drug dealer who was a friend of her husband.Last month, Nasri, of Alderman Court, Barnet, north London, Leslie, 38, of Chesterfield Flats, Bells Hill, Barnet, and Jones, 36, of Hathaway Crescent, Manor Park, east London, were found guilty of murder.The court heard that Nasri had been meeting Miss Mockiene for weekly sex sessions in hotels and even took her on a secret holiday to the Egyptian pyramids in the months leading up to the killing.But his business was in trouble and he could not afford the lifestyle, so he killed his wife to pay for it in what police called "the final betrayal".Mrs Patel-Nasri was secretly desperate for a baby and sick of being stuck at home while her husband went out. She had even told a close friend she was considering divorcing him, Michael Worsley QC, prosecuting, told the jury.Nasri, a regularly visitor to prostitutes, began a "passionate" affair with one of them, Miss Mockiene.When Mrs Patel-Nasri was killed, detectives first thought she had gone outside to investigate a disturbance but it became clear that her husband stood to benefit from her death and had been co-ordinating events with her killers on the night she died.The death of Mrs Patel-Nasri, a hard-working part-time policewoman, was described as a "tragedy" by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair.Jurors also heard that she had once used her warrant card to help her husband collect money for his previous escort agency business, and spoken aggressively to a policeman who investigated. She was disciplined and given a verbal warning about the incident.But Commander Rod Jarman of the Metropolitan Police later said her reputation among family, friends and colleagues remained as a "hard working, loving individual who gave her time for the good of the community".
ITN | June 25, 2008
