Man charged with murder after wife found dead while children were sleeping
A man is expected to face court charged with his wife's murder after her body was found in their Sydney home on Easter Sunday.
The couples' children, aged six and 10, were asleep in the Minto home when a family friend arrived to check on the woman's welfare at 4am on Sunday.
The 33-year-old mother, named by The Daily Telegraph as Syeda Nirupama Hossain, was dead in the garage.
The woman's husband, named as Altaf Hossain, 49, was arrested before being taken to hospital with cuts to his hand.
He was later taken to a nearby police station for questioning and then charged with her murder.
The man is expected before Parramatta Bail Court on Monday morning.
The two children in the home were not physically harmed.
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Neighbour Bronwyn O’Keefe told Nine News she was shocked to hear of the woman’s death.
“You’d never expect that at all because they were such nice people,” Ms O’Keefe told Nine News.
Family friends mourned Ms Hossain in the street, describing her as a wonderful mother and pious woman.
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