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30/03/2015
Masreen Akhtar Murder To Be Reviewed
A new review is to be carried out into the unsolved murder of 29-year-old Masreen Akhtar, in March 1995.
Thames Valley Police's major crime investigation review team are to re-examine the case 20 years after Ms Akhtar died.
It is understood that two of Ms Akhtar's children found her body in their family home when they returned from school. She had been strangled.
Ms Ahktar's husband, Harim Khan, was charged with her murder but acquitted at trial.
Thames Valley Police said: "Those who found it difficult to talk to the police at the time may now be able to."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Thames Valley Police.
(MH/CD)
Thames Valley Police's major crime investigation review team are to re-examine the case 20 years after Ms Akhtar died.
It is understood that two of Ms Akhtar's children found her body in their family home when they returned from school. She had been strangled.
Ms Ahktar's husband, Harim Khan, was charged with her murder but acquitted at trial.
Thames Valley Police said: "Those who found it difficult to talk to the police at the time may now be able to."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Thames Valley Police.
(MH/CD)
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