The Pakistan-born founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station was convicted today of beheading his wife in 2009, the UK Telegraph reported.
The report said that Muzzammil “Mo” Hassan never denied that he killed Aasiya Hassan inside the suburban Buffalo station the couple had set up to promote cultural understanding. A jury today disbelieved his claim that he was the victim of spousal abuse.
The report noted that Hassan had been served with divorce papers a week before his wife’s body was found stabbed and decapitated at the offices of Bridges TV in Orchard Park, where the couple also lived. The report said that Hassan was arrested after walking into the Orchard Park police station Feb. 12, 2009, and calmly telling officers his wife was dead.
Police said officers previously had responded to domestic incidents involving the couple.
The Hassans had two children, then ages 4 and 6, who were outside in a van when Hassan spoke with police. After the killing, the children were sent to live with his wife’s mother in Pakistan, his attorneys have said.
