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Attempted murder case hearing on tap

By Dean Shalhoup - Senior Staff Writer | Dec 26, 2017

Telegraph file photo Mohammad Salimullah, 40, formerly of Nashua

NASHUA – Another hearing, which is set to run for two consecutive days in early January, has been scheduled in the attempted murder case of former Nashua resident Mohammad Salimullah.

The central issue in the hearings has to do with defense motions to suppress evidence, much of which is tied to certain aspects of Salimullah’s arrest and its aftermath.

The upcoming hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3, and resume at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, in Hillsborough County Superior Court South.

Proceedings are expected to run for six hours, until 4 p.m., on both days.

Salimullah, 40, formerly of 18 E. Pearl St., is facing three felony counts – one of which, attempted

murder, accuses him of attempting to cause the death of a female family member by slashing her throat with a knife – stemming from an August 2013 domestic altercation at the residence.

The charge, a Class A extended-term felony, is punishable by up to life in prison.

He also faces one count of first-degree assault, a Class A felony, and second-degree assault, a Class B felony, accusing him of both “knowingly” and “recklessly” injuring the woman by cutting her hand, and thereby lacerating her fingers.

Salimullah’s trial is currently set to begin in March, some four and a half years after the alleged crimes. He remains held at Valley Street jail in Manchester on $250,000 cash or surety bail.

The parties, in mid-October, were on the verge of settling the case, having arrived in court with a negotiated plea agreement in hand.

But Salimullah, at the start of the hearing, notified the court he’d decided to rescind the agreement, leaving Judge Jacalyn Colburn no other option than to return the case to the trial docket.

The allegations against Salimullah stem from a disturbance at his residence on Aug. 13, 2013, which, according to police reports, erupted when his wife told him she wanted a divorce.

He allegedly went up to her while she was sleeping, put his hand over her mouth, told her that “if you want a divorce, we will die together – then allegedly slashed her neck with a 10-inch knife, just missing her carotid artery and jugular vein, according to the reports.

Dean Shalhoup can be reached at 594-1256, dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com or @Telegraph_DeanS.

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