Husband Killed Wife, her Mum after his Secret Family Exposed to them in Solihull

A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and her mother after she discovered his secret life in Afghanistan.

Janbaz Tarin, 21, has admitted to murdering Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem outside their family home in Solihull on 27 August.



After the former student pleaded guilty to two counts of murder at Birmingham Crown Court, senior detectives described how jilted Tarin went to "hunt down" Ms Oudeh, whom was his wife under Islamic law.

Tarin armed himself with a knife after a public row with Raneem, who dumped him when she found out he had another wife who was expecting their fourth child.

She learned of his other family six months into the marriage, and tried to leave him before he became violent towards her.

In the weeks before her murder, Ms Oudeh told family members he had threatened her, saying "if you leave me, I will kill you and your family".

She had been living with him and her two-year-old son but neighbours said she had moved back to her mother's home weeks before she was killed after a number of rows that had led to the police being called on several occasions.

But Tarin repeatedly harassed his ex-partner, sleeping outside Mrs Saleem's address for 12 consecutive nights.

On the night of 26 August, Tarin followed his victims to a shisha lounge.

There was a confrontation involving the three inside the lounge and Tarin was told to leave by staff after being heard making threats to kill his estranged wife.

He left the scene, armed himself with a knife and drove to Khaola’s home where he violently attacked them outside their front door.

Khaola was killed as she tried to save her daughter.

Raneem’s aunt Nour Norris said:  ‘She realised his age – that he’s married andgot kids abroad – she didn’t want that relationship… He’s much older.’

Tarin, who met Raneem at Solihull College, had also lied to about his age to get into college, according to his aunt.

He was abusive towards her in the relationship and she had previously contacted the police about his violent behaviour.

Mrs Norris said her niece told us that at the end because she knew, she couldn't cope with him anymore with all the violence he was giving her and she knew that the police and authority and everybody wasn't really helping her so she felt like she could say those things.

"One day she said to me, Auntie, I feel my life's going to end.

"I said 'don't say that'.

"That was few weeks before she was murdered."

The split was triggered, in part, when she became aware Tarin had lied to her from the start; about being much older than he claimed, and about a secret family he had back in the Middle East.

He has since been given life in jail with a minimum of 32 years.