S02E01 | Akshar Ali and Yasmin Ahmed | The Murder of Sinead Wooding

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

I tell the story of Akshar Ali, Yasmin Ahmed and Sinead Wooding in this first episode of season 2.

Akshar and Yasmin murdered Sinead Wooding, Akshar's wife, in the West Yorkshire city of Leeds in May 2017.

Sinead's body was then wrapped in a duvet before being dumped in a wooded area and set alight.

Both Akshar and Yasmins received life sentences for the murder with minimum terms of 22 years.

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0:25.2	The Open University. The future is open. Welcome to British murders, a true crime podcast with a focus on British murder cases.
0:50.0	My name's Stuart Blues, and I'm excited for you to join me on this journey of morbid discovery.
0:55.0	I'm by no means an expert on the subjects of homicide and serial killers.
0:59.2	However, I have always had a sick fascination with them.
1:02.4	Together, we will learn about some of the lesser-known British murderers,
1:06.0	as well as glimpsing occasionally at some of the more notorious ones.
1:09.7	The bite-sized presentation of this podcast is intentional,
1:13.1	as we look to cover an overview of the respective timelines of each case succinctly.
1:24.4	The location where the events in this episode unfold is one which is close to my heart.
1:31.3	I'll give you some clues.
1:33.3	It is a city in Northern England.
1:36.3	Fizzy drinks, also known as soda, were invented there.
1:42.3	Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien studied at one of the city's universities.
1:49.8	Markson Spencer, a major British multinational retailer, was founded there.
1:55.8	And it is also debated that the first ever movies were filmed there.
2:03.9	If you haven't guessed by now, I'm talking about the city of Leeds, located in West Yorkshire, northwest England. Leeds is close to my heart
2:13.1	as it's the city in which my daughter was born. It's where I've worked for almost a decade,
2:19.3	and some of my closest friends are based there. Potter Newton is a residential area of Leeds
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