Handyman accused of murdering psychiatrist and her 14-year-old daughter blames thriller intruder

The builder, who is accused of murdering a doctor and her teenage daughter, has now filed another complaint intruded into the house and struck their lives rather than a ghost, a court heard.

Shahbaz Khan, 51, was found guilty of the murders of Dr. Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and her 14-year-old daughter Vian Mangrio arrested near Burnley, Lancashire.

The Craftsman said beforehand He had seen police officers a 620-year-old “Jinn” named Robert and his “ex-wife Rita” when they were in the house of Dr. Sacharvi worked.

He also wrote to various people from the prison saying Rita and Dr. Sacharvi would have killed Vian before an “angry” Robert went upstairs and killed the psychiatrist, Preston Crown Court heard.

Today Khan told District Attorney David McLachlan QC that he now believes another person entered the Burnley home and committed suicide after leaving the address at around 10 p.m. on September 30th last year.

Dr. Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and her 14-year-old daughter Vian Mangrio were found dead in their smoke and fire damaged home near Burnley, Lancashire, in October

Investigation teams outside the mother and daughter’s property after their deaths

In court, Mr. McLachlan asked, “You now accept that it’s not the jinns?”

Khan replied, “Now I’m on medication. I take eight to ten tablets a day to make my brain feel a little better. ‘

The defendant, who previously made repairs to Dr. Sacharvi had performed at home, had arrived at her address near Burnley, Lancashire, just before 11:50 a.m. on September 30, where he was expected to continue further construction, the court was told.

But on October 1st, Dr. Sacharvi, a psychiatrist with the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, and her daughter found dead in their smoke and fire damaged home.

The defendant, a retired computer network engineer in his native Pakistan, is alleged to be Dr. Strangled Sacharvi and then assaulted her daughter when she returned from school.

He was then said to have started fires on the Reedley estate, including the severe burning of Vian in the lounge, an attempt to kill Dr. Set fire to Sacharvi in ​​the upstairs front bedroom, and another fire in the kitchen.

Mr. McLachlan said, “You put something around Dr. Sacharvi and pulled it as hard as you could until she stopped breathing.”

Khan said, ‘That is not true.’

Mr McLachlan said, “Did you kneel on her back and wait for your 14 year old daughter to get on?”

“No,” replied the defendant.

Vian Mangrio was described by her father as a “loving, caring, intelligent and gifted child”

Flowers left at the Burnley crime scene after mother and daughter died

The prosecutor continued, “Did you use your school tie to kill her?”

Khan said, ‘No.’

Khan, who also worked part-time as a customer assistant at Tesco in Burnley, said he was “like a family friend” and Vian was “like a daughter” to the couple.

During his 10 hours at the address on September 30, the internet router went inactive just before 1:50 p.m. and Dr. Sacharvi and Vian – who are missing – were separated later that afternoon.

Khan denied responsibility, saying none of them complained to him about the problems while he was there.

The father of four was arrested on the morning of October 1, three days after the police discovered the two victims.

Police found tens of thousands of pounds worth of jewelry belonging to Dr.

A purple Samsung phone was also recovered from his address, which on the morning of September 30th contained Google searches for “possessed” and “definitely possessed”.

Khan told the court that the phone was accessible to all his family and that he had not carried out the searches.

He said his English was “not good” and he didn’t know the meaning of the word.

Last year, Vian’s father, Dr. Shaukat Mangrio told his daughter how his “loving, caring, intelligent and gifted child” had dreamed of attending Cambridge University.

“She had a bright future, which unfortunately came up short,” he said.

“She was a young lady with a beautiful smile; she was alive and lighting up a room when she walked into it; She had a zest for life, fashion, art and the passion to pursue a legal career.

“It was her dream to be admitted to Cambridge University and I have no doubt that she would have achieved that goal and more.

“I am deeply saddened and heartbroken that she is no longer with us and is unable to lead a life that she deserves.

“I miss my Vian, whose company I loved very much and of whom I would never tire; beyond that there was no joy. She was an innocent child, pure and full of hope, that I lived for; she was my friend, my life, my everything. ‘

Burnley Khan denies that he was ruthless on two counts of murder and one arson incident.

His wife, Rabia Shahbaz, 45, also from Burnley, denies having committed an act intended to pervert the course of public justice, namely giving Khan a false alibi.

The process will continue on Monday.