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A handyman who killed a doctor and her daughter after giving them drug-laced smoothies before attempting to frame them for a murder-suicide has been jailed for life. Devious Shahbaz Khan, 52, pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court in June this year to murdering Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and her 14-year-old daughter Vian Mangrio, at their home in Burnley on …
The builder accused of murdering a doctor and her teenage daughter in their home tried to steer the blame on the schoolgirl for the deaths, a jury has heard. Shahbaz Khan, 51, who was arrested last year over the murders of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and her 14-year-old daughter Vian Mangrio in Lancashire, made a 'cynical attempt' to portray …
A man has today appeared in court charged with murdering a respected doctor and her teenage daughter before setting their home on fire. The bodies of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and Vian Mangrio, 14, were discovered inside their fire and smoke-damaged house in Burnley, Lancashire, on October 1. The bodies of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and Vian Mangrio, …
