A husband and wife who donned Poundland giraffe animal masks before attempting to kill his stepmother in a knife and hammer attack were jailed today for a total of 24 years.
Wasif Hussain, 21 and his wife Nabela Tabassum, 19 attacked Arifa Nazmin at Hussain's family home because they were angry at being accused of not doing any chores and treating the house like a hotel.
The pair snapped and launched the brutal assault on Ms Nazim after they were told to leave the property in Kings Norton, Birmingham.
Video footage released by police showed the young couple browsing an aisle at a branch of the budget retailer before selecting a packet containing giraffe masks. The pair were also recorded fleeing Hussain's family home following the attack.
In the frenzied attack, which was caught on a camera installed in the home, Hussain struck her head with a hammer, strangling, punching and stabbing her while Tabassum restrained her.
