Nisha Patel-Nasri was a 29-year-old Luton-born Hindu Gujarati British Indian who grew up in London and ran a hairdressing business near her home in Wembley.
During the subsequent trial, it transpired that Patel-Nasri had been stabbed inside her home and had staggered outside the front door before collapsing.
[1] The murder weapon was found but forensic analysis failed to match the DNA on it to any person on the national database.
Through a CCTV camera near the scene where the knife was found, it was concluded that it was Emmanuel's car, a silver Audi, from which the murder weapon had been dumped.
Through subsequent investigation, the police concluded the motive for the crime was monetary; through an extravagant lifestyle and a failing business, Nasri had accumulated six-figure debts.
Additionally, following her death, Nasri attempted to claim his wife's entitlement to half of the equity of her parents' house from her brother, amounting to nearly £400,000.
[5] At the Old Bailey on 28 May 2008, after six days of deliberation, Emmanuel was acquitted but Nasri, Leslie and Jones were all convicted of murder by a jury majority of ten to two.