Small Heath man jailed for 26 years after pouring hot oil on wife

A man who poured hot oil on his wife before violently assaulting her in a sustained attack, has been jailed for 26 years. Raju Mollah, 50, was sentenced after being found guilty of attempted murder. An indefinite restraining order was also granted during the sentencing hearing. Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court last year heard Mollah and his wife had argued over property a few days before the attack. The defendant had returned home from work on 12 January 2025 and, after telling his wife to cook an omelette, he heated up an unusual amount of oil in a frying pan, before grabbing her hair and pouring it over her. As she fell to the floor, he stamped on her, kicked her and pushed a mop into her face, as she was sustaining severe burns across her face, neck, arms and hands. She also suffered a minor bleed to the brain, missing teeth, bleeding from the mouth, a swollen left eye, deep wounds to her face and head, and singed hair. After being called to the paramedics arrived, the victim was lying in a pool of oil with blood surrounding her head. One of the paramedics reported that she could feel radiating heat from the hot oil which had covered the floor. Police were than called and when t