Brothers jailed for life for murder of Sameena Imam

Two brothers have been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years after being found guilty of murdering Coventry Costco worker Sameena Imam.

David and Roger Cooper denied murdering Sameena Imam after she disappeared in Leicester last Christmas, but were found guilty of her murder yesterday.

Her body was found at an allotment in Leicester in January.

Two brothers are due to be sentenced today after being found guilty of murdering a warehouse marketing manager in Leicester after she threatened to expose one of them who she was having an affair with.

David and Roger Cooper denied murdering Sameena Imam after she disappeared in Leicester last Christmas.

Her body was found in an allotment off Groby Road.

An eight-week trial heard that Roger Cooper spent at least a month plotting to kill the 34-year-old - one of his three lovers - to prevent her exposing their two-year affair.

Two brothers have been found guilty of murdering a warehouse marketing manager from Coventry, after she threatened to expose one of them who she was having an affair with.

Roger and David Cooper denied murdering Sameena Imam after she disappeared last Christmas. Her body was found in an allotment in Leicester.

A warning Michael Sibert's report contains some graphic descriptions of how Sameena Imam died:

The moment a convicted killer confessed to murder in an interview with detectives has been released by police.

Brothers David and Roger Cooper were today jailed for the murder of Coventry Costco worker Sameena Imam.

An eight-week trial heard that Roger Cooper spent at least a month plotting to kill the 34-year-old - one of his three lovers - to prevent her exposing their two-year affair.

In a police interview David Cooper admitted to using chloroform "to shut her up". He later later retracted the admission of his guilt.

Sameena Imam's family have given permission for the recording to be released.

Two brothers from have been found guilty of murdering Coventry Costco worker Sameena Imam.

The body of the 34-year-old marketing manager, who lived in Cardiff, was found buried on David Cooper's Leicester allotment in January.

Cooper, 38, and his brother Roger Cooper, 41, both denied murdering Sameena Imam on Christmas Eve last year.

The pair will be sentenced on Wednesday.