The family of a great-grandmother who died after being struck by a car on one of the main roads in Tameside have paid a moving tribute to her.
25.11.2023 - 17:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The ex-wife of a dad bludgeoned to death by his next-door neighbour told of her devastation following his brutal death. Esmaeil Tofigh was killed by Tarik Hussein, who repeatedly hit him over the head with a hammer in Longsight.
Hussein was suffering from undiagnosed schizophrenia at the time, and harboured delusional beliefs about his 56-year-old neighbour. He was convinced that Mr Tofigh, a dad-of-two, was spying on him and harming his family, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Hussein went round to his neighbour's home, in the early hours of Sunday, February 3, and killed him. Now, after pleading guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, Hussein, 28, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order, to receive treatment for his mental health.
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Mr Tofigh, who was born in Iran, moved to the UK and met Nicola Bevington in 2001. They married two years later, and went on to have two children together.
The couple later separated, but Nicola said the pair remained close. Nicola, 39, said: “Esmaeil was one in a million. Even though we had separated, we had stayed close. Neither of us met anyone else; I still loved him.
“I knew he’d had problems with his neighbours, but could never have imagined he would die so brutally. He was a gentle man who would never hurt anyone. It breaks my heart.”
The court heard that Hussein and Mr Tofigh had 'little interaction' as neighbours but that in the past Mr Tofigh had offered to help him decorate his house. Nicola said of how she met her future husband: “I had been in a women’s refuge because I was fleeing a violent relationship.
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The family of a great-grandmother who died after being struck by a car on one of the main roads in Tameside have paid a moving tribute to her.
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A kind dad had offered to help his neighbour decorate his house before he was brutally killed by him. Tarik Hussein lived next door to 56-year-old Esmaeil Tofigh in Longsight.
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