© Licensed to London News Pictures . FILE PICTURE DATED 22/11/2013 of police and forensic scenes of crime investigators at 18 Mayford Road , Levenshulme , Manchester , UK , where the body of 49 year old mother of four , Aisha Alam , was discovered stabbed to death as today (Monday 30th June 2014) Aisha's husband , Aftab Alam , has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 12 years for her murder . Aftab and Aisha had been married for 29 years, but a few years ago the marriage began to deteriorate . Aisha reported domestic violence by Aftab in 2011 but did not want police to prosecute . Shortly after this , Aftab left the family home . Aftab subsequently returned to the family home , but the relationship was tempestuous . On the morning of Friday 22 November 2013 Aftab Alam drove to Longsight Police Station and told police he had killed his wife . Police attended the family home and found Aisha , a mother of four , lifeless on the couch in her home . Aftab Alam had launched an unprovoked attack , stabbing her multiple times in the chest , neck and back , killing her . Photo credit : Joel Goodman/LNP
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