"Then, you were caught in a cultural trap from which there was no prospect of release and in which you were throughout consistently humiliated."Though Ms Ali returned to the UK immediately after the wedding, Shazad's visa application was delayed and he did not join her until January 2003 His marriage was never consummated. The boy was in and out of hospital for five months and had turned into "little more than skin and bones".. Amir Shazad was convinced he had found a contented young wife when he and his British-born cousin Nusrat Ali were introduced and married in rural Pakistan in September 1999. Judge Gordon excused the panel from further jury service for 10 years because he said it had been a "very difficult and sad case".Jonathan Rees, for the prosecution, revealed that in 1983, Stocker had complained of an unexplained rash and was admitted to hospital.

The reality is that there are no winners in this case: we have a nine-year-old child dead, his mother convicted of manslaughter and a family torn apart."Stocker showed no emotion as she was found guilty after a three-month trial during which the prosecution called 150 witnesses. She had applied it to her face, arms and legs, saying she had a skin infection." Mr Rees said Stocker had told a doctor "she did it because she was lonely and it had brought her attention from her family and friends".The court was told Stocker had put blood into David's urine samples and manufactured vomit samples. Mr Rees said: "In fact, staff found phials containing acid in her bedside locker. Balancing the needs of a criminal investigation with those of a distressed family with a seriously ill child is always going to be difficult.

Stocker poured 18 spoons of salt into two milk feed bottles hoping a downturn in his condition would stop him being moved. But it went tragically wrong when David, who was very weak, collapsed and died after being given one with 13 spoonfuls.Stocker, 42, of Romford, east London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of David's manslaughter at Great Ormond Street Hospital in August 2001. He had been in hospital for months with her at his bedside, thwarting attempts by doctors to find out what was wrong with him.But she was worried that staff, who suspected her of tampering with his symptoms, would soon move him away. Judge Gerald Gordon said it was "behaviour which most people would find incomprehensible".Judge Gerald Gordon told Stocker today: "After nine years with no suggestion of harm to David there has to be some force, incomprehensible to me and most people, driving a mother to behave towards their own child as you did to David." During the trial, she was said to have factitious illness by proxy, a disorder previously referred to as Munchausen's syndrome by proxy.It was revealed after the verdict that she had previously pretended to be ill and poured acid on herself to get attention.Detective Chief Inspector Geoff Baker said: "It is hard to comprehend why a mother would want to harm her own child, the one person she should love and protect above all others. "And engineering isn't just about building oil rigs and motorways. Engineers provide practical help to people and the environment all over the world."In fact engineers are often on the front line of any humanitarian relief effort, putting their knowledge and skills to good use to provide practical assistance where it's most needed. The charity RedR, for example, founded in 1979 by civil engineer Peter Guthrie, is a database of registered engineers who can be called on at short notice to work for up to three months with front-line relief agencies.RedR engineers are at the heart of the post-tsunami reconstruction effort in Asia, for example, providing emergency water and sanitation supplies and also tackling the longer term multi-billion dollar task of rebuilding these stricken countries.