A MAN accused of murdering his partner at their home is an “extremely dangerous man when women are concerned”, a psychiatrist has told his trial.

Atual Mustafa is on trial charged with murdering Sohbia Khan, who had moved to Derby from her home in the Manningham area of Bradford.

In the third week of the trial at Derby Crown Court, the jury heard evidence from Dr Mike Harris, a psychiatrist. The trial has previously heard that Mustafa had been given a hospital order after being convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to a former partner in 2009.

Dr Harris described Mustafa as an “extremely dangerous man when women are concerned” to the jury, when asked by prosecutor Michael Auty. He told the court he thought Mustafa suffered from hallucinations and delusions but had been “stable and well for several years”.

Dr Harris described Mustafa as “highly manipulative”.

The jury has previously been told Mustafa was discharged from the Cygnet Hospital, a mental health unit, on July 29, 2015.

He was arrested on suspicion of murder in May 2017.

A health professional has previously told the jury she had no concerns about his mental health during that time. However, after his arrest, she said the defendant had “tried very hard to present as mentally unwell” and claimed he could see little old men wobbling up the walls.

Dr Harris told the court that it was “quite possible” for Mustafa to say he could hear voices as a way to get back to hospital.

Dr Harris agreed with Mr Auty that Mustafa had been sadistic, extremely controlling and narcissistic at times.

Mr Auty asked him: “He can behave perfectly well when he chooses?”

Dr Harris replied: “At certain points he can behave perfectly well.”

Dr Harris said Mustafa “could not control himself completely”.

An inmate at HMP Nottingham, where Mustafa was placed after he had been arrested on suspicion of murder, described him as “weird”, the trial was told.

Dr Harris said: “In my experience prisoners are good about being descriptive. For them to say someone is weird is actually quite unusual.”

The trial has heard that Mustafa had an affair with a member of staff when he was staying at the Cygnet Hospital.

The jury has also been told that Miss Khan was an intelligent woman.

In the first week of the trial, Miss Khan’s eldest brother, Javed Khan, gave evidence and told Mr Auty he agreed that his sister was “confident, clever, intelligent and bubbly”.

Mr Khan said he had never seen his sister wear a burka or niqab. He added: “She very much did know her own mind. She was the only one who could answer me back.”

Mustafa denies a charge of murder and grievous bodily harm with intent, a charge added this week.

The trial continues.