Janbaz Tarin: Man sentenced to life in prison after admitting to double murder of wife and mother-in-law

Crimes devastated victims’ family, judge says

Khaola Saleem with her husband Mohamed. Janbaz Tarin has admitted murdering Mrs Saleem and her daughter Raneem Oudeh in a frenzied knife attack (PA)

A man who admitted stabbing his estranged wife and her mother to death outside their home has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 32 years.

Janbaz Tarin admitted the double murders in a frenzied knife attack.

He killed Raneem Oudeh and Khaola Saleem outside Ms Saleem’s home after midnight on 27 August.

Tarin, 21, of Sparkhill, Birmingham, had armed himself with a knife after a public row with Ms Oudeh, who was his wife under Islamic law, before driving to the scene and launching his attack as she telephoned police.

Her mother tried to intervene to save Ms Oudeh, at which point she too was fatally stabbed.

Sentencing Tarin at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday, the judge told him his crimes had “devastated” the victims’ family.

Ms Justice Sue Carr said: “Janbaz Tarin, you are now 21 years old and stand convicted on your guilty pleas of the murders of your estranged wife, Raneem Oudeh and her mother, Khaola Saleem, in the early hours of Monday, August 27.

“Having stalked Raneem the evening before, you equipped yourself with a knife, followed Raneem to her mother’s address and carried out a vicious and sustained attack on both women.”

After the attack, Tarin fled, leading police on a three-day manhunt before his dramatic capture by officers.

Ms Oudeh had dumped her husband in the weeks before his attack after learning he had three children and a secret wife who was pregnant with a fourth child in Afghanistan, the court heard.

Tarin, who met Ms Oudeh at Solihull College, had also lied to her about how old he was.

He was abusive towards her in the relationship and she had previously contacted the police about his violent behaviour, the hearing was told.

When she discovered his web of deceit Ms Oudeh dumped him.

But Tarin repeatedly harassed his former partner, sleeping outside Ms Saleem’s address for 12 consecutive nights.

Ms Oudeh had secured a non-molestation order against him after he smashed her phone on 10 August.

But he flouted the ban and in the hours leading up to the assault Ms Oudeh made three calls to police.

She was on the phone to a 999 call handler when Tarin struck.

In the weeks before her murder, Ms Oudeh told family members he had threatened her, saying: “If you leave me, I will kill you and your family.”

With the help of her mother, Ms Oudeh, who had a two-year-old son from another relationship, secured the court order two weeks before her death.

On the night of 26 August, Tarin followed his victims to a shisha lounge. There was a confrontation involving the three and Tarin was ejected by staff after being heard making threats to kill his estranged wife.

He left the scene, armed himself with a knife and drove to Ms Saleem’s home, where he violently attacked the women outside their front door.

He was captured on CCTV fleeing on foot and hid from police for three days, triggering a huge manhunt by West Midlands Police.

A tip-off by a member of the public led to his capture, although a criminal investigation is continuing into those who may have assisted Tarin in evading justice.