Dhaka, April 18 -- A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to 26 years in prison by a UK court on Wednesday.

Mohammed Anhar Ali, originally from Bangladesh, hid inside a cupboard for 10 hours before attacking wife Nazia Ali in her home in Bow, east London, according to BBC.

The Old Bailey heard Ali was a devout Muslim and unhappy that his 25-year-old wife wanted her two daughters to live a more Western lifestyle.

The court heard the couple met soon after Ali had arrived in the UK from Bangladesh, and Nazia had become pregnant soon after they were married.

However, the relationship broke down and he moved out after claiming his wife "needed to be exorcised".

Nazia told her husband the relationship was over in October 2018, the jury heard.

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