Defendant breaks down in court

Published August 2, 2007 4:00am ET



The Ellicott City man convicted of choking his wife, who is now in a vegetative state, demanded he represent himself in an emotional post-conviction hearing.

“I have committed a terrible crime. I killed my wife,” Ghafour Asemani yelled as he thrashed about and began crying Thursday in Howard County Circuit Court.

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