He killed her because she wanted a divorce after he had been beating her for years

A wife killer is facing a life sentence after he strangled his partner to death with a scarf when she asked for a divorce. Zafar Iqbal, 61, was a fugitive in Pakistan for 20 years after he killed Naziat Khan, 38, at their home in Norbury, southwest London, in August 2001. Wearing a prison-issued grey tracksuit, Iqbal appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link from HMP Wormwood Scrubs to admit murder. After the murder Iqbal flew to Pakistan where he…