Three to be sentenced for 'demon attack'

Three family members convicted of attacking a close female relative they believed was possessed by a demon will be sentenced today.

The men were found guilty last month of assaulting Asma Hussain. The court heard they beat her with a stick and poured water on her for almost eight hours.

Her husband Ahmed Hussain, 60, from Poplar, son Mohammed Kayes Hussain, 28, of Wapping, and son-in-law Muhammed Aziz, 21, of Bethnal Green, will be sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London.

Police described the assault as "a violent attack on a defenceless woman" and appealed for information to trace an imam seen at Asma Hussain's home reading from the Koran and sprinkling holy water on her.