Nisha Patel-Nasri

Nisha Patel-Nasri was a business owner and special constable in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary who was stabbed to death at her home in Wembley, London, on 11 May 2006.

Police described her murder as "atrocious and horrendous"

Two men, heroin dealer Roger Leslie and bouncer Jason Jones, were convicted of Patel-Nasri's murder, as was her husband, Fadi Nasri, who had been having an affair at the time and organised the murder to claim her life insurance. The trio were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Background Nisha Patel-Nasri was a 29-year-old Luton-born Hindu Gujarati British Indian who grew up in London and ran a hairdressing business near her home in Wembley. She also volunteered as a special constable in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary for the three years prior to her death.

In May 2003, she married 33-year-old Lebanese-born Fadi Nasri, in Berkshire; who ran a limousine hire company from their home. Nasri was born in Beirut in 1970. On the night before her murder, Patel-Nasri and her husband had dined out to celebrate their third wedding anniversary.

Murder Patel-Nasri's home was in a neighbourhood with generally low crime rates, A man wearing a hooded top was seen running away from the scene. During the subsequent trial, it transpired that Patel-Nasri had been stabbed inside her home and had staggered outside the front door before collapsing. She died in Northwick Park Hospital as a result of a stab wound to her left thigh.

Police investigation As expensive limousines were parked outside her home the police initially tried to understand whether this could have attracted the murderer.