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Brothers jailed for life for murder of Sameena Imam

David and Roger Cooper 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. Her body was found at an allotment in Leicester in January.

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Two brothers to be sentenced over Costco worker murder

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.

Sameena Imam was murdered on Christmas Eve last year Credit: ITV News

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.

David and Roger Cooper have been found guilty of murdering Sameena Imam Credit: West Midlands Police

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