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Tanveer Iqbal murder: Two JAILED FOR LIFE and teen convicted over killing of music shop boss found dead in boot of his own car

Two people were today jailed for life for the murder of Smethwick music shopkeeper Tanveer Iqbal, whose body was found in the boot of his own car.

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Zatoon Bibi, aged 37, of Bridgeburn Road, Bartley Green and Gul Nawaz, 44, of Roway Lane, Oldbury, and 16-year-old Kashim Nawaz, who can be named after a reporting restriction was lifted, all denied his murder.

Bibi and Gul Nawaz with both serve life sentences. Bibi will serve a minimum of 27 years, while Gul Nawaz will serve a minimum of 25 years.

Kashim Nawaz will be detained for a minimum of six years.

Mr Iqbal, aged 33, ran Hi-Tech Music, in Shireland Road, Smethwick.

His body was found in a box inside the boot of his grey Renault Clio on Portland Road, Edgbaston, on February 1.

The Clio where Mr Iqbal's body was put

See also: Watch the footage that shows the killers preparing before and after the murder

He had been in a relationship with Bibi at the time, who was also formerly married to Nawaz.

During the trial Bibi gave evidence at Birmingham Crown Court that she had been in the bathroom with the teenager at Bridgeburn Road on August 31, when Mr Iqbal was killed.

Nawaz said he had been asleep on the sofa and woke to find Bibi dragging the box with the body inside and the teenager standing nearby.

"What is particularly awful about your conduct Zatoon Bibi is that you also recruited your son, Kashim Nawaz, to the enterprise. I have no doubt listening to the evidence that you did so at the last minute to provide the brawn. He was no part of the planning process. He was only 15 at the time.

Addessing Zatoon Bibi during sentencing he added: "Your selfishness and your manipulative nature is breathtaking."

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