Husband found guilty of murder

Rania plucked up the courage to leave her husband, Ahmed Al Khatib, after he'd subjected her to a prolonged campaign of domestic violence over her desire to live a more westernised lifestyle. Rania disappeared without trace in June last year - her body has never been found.

Detective Inspector Phil Reade describes Rania as a lovely young woman looking forward to life after leaving her husband in January of last year. He says she had had enough of the regular beatings and abuse. The senior officer confirmed that the search for her body continues in North Yorkshire.

Detective Chief Inspector Phil Reade from Greater Manchester Police says it was an 'honour killing' and it was investigated as that from the start as Rania was becoming more western in her attitude to life in Manchester.

Ahmed Al-Khatib, 34, of Knutsford Road, Gorton has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of his wife Rania Alayed. The judge directed he serve a minimum of 20 years.

Hussain Al-Khatib of Knutsford Road, Gorton was found guilty of perverting the course of juctice. He was jailed for four years.

Ahmed Al-Khatib's brother Muhanned Al-Khatib, 38, of Arthur Millwood Court, Salford was found not guilty of murder. He received a three-year term. The pair had already admitted perverting the course of justice by hiding Rania's body.

• 5pm – Muhaned calls Rania to confirm she is bringing the children to his flat for him to see

• 6.40pm – Rania and her children seen on CCTV leaving her house in Cheetham Hill

• 7.28pm – Rania and her children seen on CCTV getting off a bus on Chapel Street, Salford

• 7.31pm – Rania and her children arrive at Arthur Millwood Court

• 8.19pm – Muhaned and Rania’s children leave Arthur Millwood Court

Rania was almost certainly murdered in the proceeding 45 minutes, while the children were in the flat

• 8.36pm – Muhaned and children arrive at their grandparents house on Knutsford Road, Gorton

• 12.01am – Muhaned leaves Arthur Millwood Court with a tent in a holdall, probably used later to either conceal them digging Rania’s grave or to lay her body out on it

• 1.17am Khatib, Muhaned and Hussain set off in the campervan, containing Rania’s body in a red suitcase

• 3.10am The campervan triggers an ANPR camera on the A19 near Thirsk

• 4.54am – The campervan triggers another ANPR camera on the A1, heading south, presumably after the body was buried

Rania's husband Ahmed Khatib has been found guilty of murder and his brother Hussain Al Khatib has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice. A second brother - Muhanned Mahmood Al Khatib - has been found not guilty of murder.

Ahmed Al-Khatib was found guilty of her murder after the court heard how Rania was subjected to years of domestic and sexual violence and then killed when she had the courage to break free. At the time of her death she had left the family home and started a new life in Cheetham Hill in Manchester.