Grocer who strangled wife then pretended to find her body faces life sentence

A grocer who strangled his wife to death and then feigned shock by screaming and sobbing when he pretended to discover her body is facing a life sentence today. (Fri) Muhammad Ilyas, 41, killed Maria Chavez, 32, at their home in Ilford, east London, then staged on an elaborate cover-up. He went out to meet relatives to set up an alibi and to give an imagined ‘killer’ a chance to come into the house and murder his wife. Ilyas made…