The wife of a curry chef who was killed by a restaurant manager after they argued over a food order has revealed her heartbreak.
Shahzad Shah, 56, died after being repeatedly punched by his friend Hidayet Ozden, 53, following an argument.
On Thursday, Ozden admitted to culpable homicide after the death of Mr Shah at the Mirchi Indian Cuisine takeaway restaurant in Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, on April 11.
He was originally charged with murdering his 53-year-old workmate.
The pair fought violently and after repeated punches from Ozden, Mr Shah collapsed and was left unconscious.
It was later determined that Mr Shah suffered from significant coronary heart disease, and that this contributed to his death.
Mr Shah had been working at the restaurant for two years in order to support his wife Syeda Naila and twin ten-year-old children, Ali and Shehr, back in Pakistan.
Hard-working Mr Shah had been hoping to bring his family to Scotland and was due to begin the process of obtaining visas for his family at the time of his death.
Mr Shah married Syeda Naila, 42, twenty years ago.
But now she has been left distraught by her husband's death and said that without her husband's support, she and the children face being destitute.
Speaking from her home in Sheikhupura, 40km north-west of Lahore, Syeda Naila said: "What am I supposed to do or even feel?
"Yes, Ozden has admitted his guilt but my children and I have no one to provide for us.
"My husband was working in Scotland to provide for all of us and now that has gone. This man's admission of guilt will achieve nothing for us.
"These last months have been very bad for our family. We have been distraught since his death.
"My children still cry about it. It has been very bad for us."
Syeda Naila said that she has still been unable to come to terms with her husband's death and that it is difficult to see a way forward.
She added: "I am still in shock over my husband's death, and I sometimes still expect to see him come home to us.
"He worked for everything that we had and we just do not know how we will cope without him.
"I have not been able to grieve properly as when his body was brought back to Pakistan, I was not allowed to see him.
"We were not able to celebrate our wedding anniversary and he will not be here for my birthday or his children's birthdays.
"I'm still struggling to come to terms with this."
Ozden's sentence has been deferred and his bail has been continued.
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